Job 33:24
then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
In Context
25His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.
Cross References
Exodus 33:19He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the LORD’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
Job 22:21“Acquaint yourself with him now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.
Job 36:10He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
Psalms 22:4Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.
Psalms 40:2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
Psalms 71:3Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
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 →