Job 33:30
To bring back his nefesh from the shachat (pit), 1 to be enlightened with the Ohr HaChayyim (light of the living). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
In Context
29Lo, all these things worketh El, 1 twice, shalosh with gever (man), 1
31Mark well, O Iyov, pay heed unto me; 1 hold thy peace, and I will speak. 1
Cross References
Job 33:24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, 1 Deliver him from going down to the shachat (pit); 1 I have found a kofer (ransom). + 33:24 Mk 10:45 1
Psalms 40:1(For the one directing, Of Dovid. Mizmor) 1
Psalms 118:17I shall not die, but live, 1 and declare the ma'asim (works) of Hashem. 1
Isaiah 38:17Hinei, for shalom (benefit) did I have great bitterness; 1 for Thou hast in love to my nefesh 1 delivered it from the shachat (pit) of destruction; 1 for Thou hast cast 1 all my chatta'im behind Thy back. 1
Acts 26:18To open their eyes, to turn them from choshech to ohr and from the samchut of HaSatan to Hashem, that they receive selichat avon and nachalah among the ones having been set apart in kedushah by emunah in me. + 26:18 Isa 35:5; Ps 18:28; Isa 42:7,16
Matthew Henry on Job 33:30-33
29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. We have here the conclusion of this first part of Elihu's discourse, in which, 1. He briefly sums up what he had said, showing that God's great… Read the whole commentary →