Job 33:28
He hath delivered me from going down to the pit, And my life beholdeth the light.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
In Context
27He shall sing among men, and say, “I sinned; I acted perversely; Yet hath he not requited me for it:
29Lo! all these things doeth God Time after time with man,
Cross References
Job 3:16Or, as a hidden untimely birth, I had perished; As infants which never saw the light.
Job 17:16It must go down to the bars of the under-world, As soon as there is rest for me in the dust.
Job 33:18Thus he saveth him from the pit, Yea, his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 33:22Yea, his soul draweth near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
Psalms 49:19Yet shalt thou go to the dwelling-place of thy fathers, Who never more shall see the light!
Psalms 69:15Let not the water-flood overflow me; Let not the deep swallow me up, And let not the pit close her mouth upon me!
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 →