Job 33:28
He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit,—and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;
29Lo! a these things, doth GOD work, two ways, three, with a man;
Cross References
Job 3:16Or that, like an untimely birth hidden away, I had not come into being, like infants that never saw light:
Job 17:16With me to hades, would they go down, If, wholly—into the dust, is the descent!
Job 33:18He keepeth back his said from the pit, and his life from passing away by a weapon.
Job 33:22So doth his soul draw near to the pit, and his life to the inflicters of death:
Psalms 49:19He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light.
Psalms 69:15Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth.
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 →