New English Translation
Job 33:25
25then his flesh is restored like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor.
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
23If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness; 24and if God is gracious to him and says, ‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’ then his flesh is restored like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. 26He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God’s face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness. 27That person sings to others, saying: ‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
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רֻֽטֲפַ֣שׁ בְּשָׂר֣וֹ מִנֹּ֑עַר יָ֝שׁ֗וּב לִימֵ֥י עֲלוּמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:25
- 2 Kings 5:14So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed. His skin became as smooth as a young child’s and he was healed.
- Job 42:16After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
- Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was 120 years old when he died, but his eye was not dull nor had his vitality departed.
- Joshua 14:10So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.
- Psalms 103:5who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.
- Hosea 2:15From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the “Valley of Trouble” into an “Opportunity for Hope.” There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land 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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