Job 33:27

He shall sing among men, and say, “I sinned; I acted perversely; Yet hath he not requited me for it:

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

In Context

26He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him, And permit him to see his face with joy, And restore unto man his righteousness.

28He hath delivered me from going down to the pit, And my life beholdeth the light.”

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Cross References

Job 7:20If I have sinned, what have I done to thee, O thou watcher of men! Why hast thou set me up as thy mark, So that I have become a burden to myself?

Psalms 11:4The LORD is in his holy palace; The LORD'S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids prove the children of men.

Psalms 19:7The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; The precepts of the LORD are sure, making wise the simple;

Psalms 119:128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; I hate every false way.

Matthew Henry on Job 33:20-29

19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down… Read the whole commentary →

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