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Job 33:28
28He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.
Job 33:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
- New International Version (NIV)God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit, And his life shall see the light.
Context of Job 33:28
26He shall pray unto God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness. 27He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me; He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light. 29Lo, all these [things] worketh God twice, thrice, with man, 30To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
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פָּדָ֣ה נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מֵעֲבֹ֣ר בַּשָּׁ֑חַת וְ֝חַיָּתוֹ בָּא֥וֹר תִּרְאֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 33:28
- Job 33:18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.
- Job 17:16It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when [our] rest shall be together in the dust.
- Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
- Psalms 69:15Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
- Isaiah 38:17Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Revelation 20:1And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.
- Job 33:20And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;
- Job 3:9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:
- Psalms 49:19It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.
- Isaiah 9:2the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them light hath shone.
- John 11:9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;
Commentaries on Job 33:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28He will deliver his soul - He will do that to every individual penitent sinner which he has promised in his word to do for a lost world - he will deliver his soul from going down to the pit of hell. And his life shall see the light - He shall walk in the light, as Christ is in the light; always enjoying a clear sense of his acceptance through the blood of the Lamb. See another mode of paraphrasing these verses at the end of the chapter.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28He will deliver his soul - Margin, “He hath delivered my soul.” There are various readings here in the text, which give rise to this diversity of interpretation. The present reading in the text is נפשׁי nepheshay - “my soul”; and according to this, it is to be regarded as the language of the sufferer celebrating the mercy of God, and is language which is connected with the confession in the previous verse, “I have sinned; I found it no advantage; and he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God often afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will be of great use for our getting good from sickness, in and by which God speaks to men. Pain is the fruit of sin; yet, by the grace of God, the pain of the body is often made a means of good to the soul. When afflictions have done their work, they shall…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2825-28. Effects of restoration to God's favor; literally, to Job a temporal revival; spiritually, an eternal regeneration. The striking words cannot be restricted to their temporal meaning, as used by Elihu (1Pe 1:11, 12). his flesh shall be fresher than a child's--so Naaman, 2Ki 5:14, spiritually, Joh 3:3-7.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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