Job 33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
In Context
29Lo, all these things works God oftentimes with man,
Cross References
Job 3:16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Job 17:16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Job 33:18He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 33:22Yea, his soul draws near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Psalms 49:19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Psalms 69:15Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
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 →