Job 33:24
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
25His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s; he returneth to the days of his youth:
Cross References
Exodus 33:19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job 36:10He openeth also their ear to instruction, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Psalms 22:4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
Psalms 40:2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay; and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Psalms 71:3Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art 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 →