New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 33:24
24Then let him be gracious to him, and say, ‘Deliver him from 1going down to the pit, I have found a 2ransom’;
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—
- English Standard Version (ESV)and he is merciful to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom;
- 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’;
Context of Job 33:24
22Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death. 23“If there is an angel as mediator for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a man what is right for him, Then let him be gracious to him, and say, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom’; 25Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor; 26Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man.
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וַיְחֻנֶּ֗נּוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר פְּ֭דָעֵהוּ מֵרֶ֥דֶת שָׁ֗חַת מָצָ֥אתִי כֹֽפֶר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 33:24
- Job 33:18He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.
- Job 22:21“Yield now and be at peace with Him; Thereby good will come to you.
- Exodus 33:19And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.”
- Exodus 34:6Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;
- Psalms 86:5For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.
- Hosea 14:2Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity And receive us graciously, That we may present the fruit of our lips.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.
- Romans 5:20The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
- Job 36:10He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil.
- Psalms 22:4In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You delivered them.
- Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
- Psalms 40:2He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
- Psalms 71:3Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.
- Psalms 86:13For Your lovingkindness toward me is great, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
- Isaiah 38:17Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; 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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