Job 33:28

God has rescued my soul from going down into the pit; 1 my life will continue to see light.' 1

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In The King James Version

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

In Context

27Then that person will sing in front of other people and say, 1 'I sinned and perverted that which was right, 1 but my sin was not punished. 1

29See, God does all these things with a person, 1 twice, yes, even three times, 1

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Cross References

Job 3:16Or perhaps I would have been stillborn, 1 like infants that never see the light. 1

Job 17:16Will hope go down with me to the gates of Sheol 1 when we descend to the dust?”

Job 33:18God keeps man's life back from the pit, 1 his life from crossing over to death. 1

Job 33:22Indeed, his soul draws close to the pit, 1 his life to those who wish to destroy it. 1

Psalms 49:19he will go to the generation of his fathers 1 and they will never see the light again. 1

Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me, 1 neither let the deep swallow me up. 1 Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me. 1

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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