Job 33:29
Lo, all these doth God work, Twice — thrice with man,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
In Context
28He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'
30To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:10and the king of Israel sendeth unto the place of which the man of God spake to him, and warned him, and he is preserved there not once nor twice.
Job 40:5Once I have spoken, and I answer not, And twice, and I add not.
2 Corinthians 5:5And He who did work us to this self-same thing [is] God, who also did give to us the earnest of the Spirit;
Ephesians 1:11in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,
Colossians 1:29for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.
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 →