God’s Word Translation
Job 33:25
25Then their flesh will become softer than a child’s. They will go back to the days of their youth.
Job 33:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
- New International Version (NIV)let their flesh be renewed like a child’s; let them be restored as in the days of their youth’—
- English Standard Version (ESV)let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor';
- New King James Version (NKJV)His flesh shall be young like a child’s, He shall return to the days of his youth.
Context of Job 33:25
23“If they have a messenger for them, a spokesman, one in a thousand, to tell people what is right for them, 24then he will have pity on them and say, ‘Free them from going into the pit. I have found a ransom.’ Then their flesh will become softer than a child’s. They will go back to the days of their youth. 26They will pray to God, who will be pleased with them. They will see God’s face and shout for joy as he restores their righteousness. 27Each one sings in front of other people and says, ‘I sinned and did wrong instead of what was right, and it did me no good.
Read all of Job 33Job 33:25 word by word
רֻֽטֲפַ֣שׁ בְּשָׂר֣וֹ מִנֹּ֑עַר יָ֝שׁ֗וּב לִימֵ֥י עֲלוּמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:25
- 2 Kings 5:14So he went to dip himself in the Jordan River seven times, as the man of God had instructed him. His skin became healthy again like a little child’s skin.
- Job 42:16Job lived 140 years after this. He saw his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
- Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight never became poor, and he never lost his physical strength.
- Joshua 14:10“So look at me. The Lord has kept me alive as he promised. It’s been 45 years since Israel wandered in the desert when the Lord made this promise to Moses. So now look at me today. I’m 85 years old.
- Psalms 103:5the one who fills your life with blessings so that you become young again like an eagle.
- Hosea 2:15I will give her vineyards there. I will make the valley of Achor [Disaster] a door of hope. Then she will respond as she did when she was young, as she did when she came out of Egypt.
Commentaries on Job 33:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25His flesh shall be fresher than a child's - He shall be born a new creature. He shall return to the days of his youth - He shall be born again, and become a child of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25His flesh shall be fresher than a child‘s - Margin, “childhood.” The meaning is obvious. He would be restored again to health. The calamity which had been brought upon him for purposes of discipline, would be removed. This was the theory of Elihu in regard to afflictions, and he undoubtedly meant that it should be applied to Job. If he would now, understanding the nature and design of affliction, turn to God, he would be recovered again, and enjoy the…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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