English Standard Version
Job 33:24
24and he is merciful to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom;
Job 33:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
- New International Version (NIV)and he is gracious to that person and says to God, ‘Spare them from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for them—
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom’;
- New Living Translation (NLT)he will be gracious and say, ‘Rescue him from the grave, for I have found a ransom for his life.’
Context of Job 33:24
22His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death. 23If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him, and he is merciful to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom; 25let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor'; 26then man prays to God, and he accepts him; he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.
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וַיְחֻנֶּ֗נּוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר פְּ֭דָעֵהוּ מֵרֶ֥דֶת שָׁ֗חַת מָצָ֥אתִי כֹֽפֶר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:24
- Job 33:18he keeps back his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
- Job 22:21"Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.
- Exodus 33:19And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The Lord.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
- Exodus 34:6The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
- Psalms 86:5For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
- Hosea 14:2Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
- Romans 5:20Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
- Job 36:10He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity.
- Psalms 22:4In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
- Psalms 30:9"What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
- Psalms 40:2He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
- Psalms 71:3Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
- Psalms 86:13For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
- Isaiah 38:17Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
- Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he my darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the Lord.
Commentaries on Job 33:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Then he is gracious unto him - He exercises mercy towards fallen man, and gives command for his respite and pardon. Deliver him from going down to the pit - Let him who is thus instructed, penitent, and afflicted, and comes to me, find a pardon; for: - VI. By an Atonement I have found a ransom - כפר copher, an atonement. Pay a ransom for him, פדעהו pedaehu, that he may not go down to the pit - to corruption or destruction, for I have found out an…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Then he is gracious unto him - That is, on the supposition that he hears and regards what the messenger of God communicates. If he rightly understands the reasons of the divine administration, and acquiesces in it, and if he calls upon God in a proper manner Job 33:26, he will show him mercy, and spare him. Or it may mean, that God is in fact gracious to him by sending him a messenger who can come and say to him that it is the divine purpose to spare him…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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The ultimate ransom is Christ (Matthew 20:28; Romans 3:24–25; 1 Timothy 2:6; 1 Peter 1:18–19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Apodosis to Job 33:23. he--God. Deliver--literally, "redeem"; in it and "ransom" there is reference to the consideration, on account of which God pardons and relieves the sufferers; here it is primarily the intercession of Elihu. But the language is too strong for its full meaning to be exhausted by this. The Holy Ghost has suggested language which receives its full realization only in the "eternal redemption found" by God in the price paid by Jesus…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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