Job 33:24

Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

In Context

23If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter — one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:

25Fresher [is] his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:19and He saith, 'I cause all My goodness to pass before thy face, and have called concerning the Name of Jehovah before thee, and favoured him whom I favour, and loved him whom I love.'

Job 22:21Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.

Job 36:10And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

Psalms 22:4In Thee did our fathers trust — they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

Psalms 40:2And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation — from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.

Psalms 71:3Be to me for a rock — a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou.

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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