New Living Translation
Job 33:25
25Then his body will become as healthy as a child’s, firm and youthful again.
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“But if an angel from heaven appears— a special messenger to intercede for a person and declare that he is upright— 24he will be gracious and say, ‘Rescue him from the grave, for I have found a ransom for his life.’ Then his body will become as healthy as a child’s, firm and youthful again. 26When he prays to God, he will be accepted. And God will receive him with joy and restore him to good standing. 27He will declare to his friends, ‘I sinned and twisted the truth, but it was not worth it.
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 Naaman went down to the Jordan River and dipped himself seven times, as the man of God had instructed him. And his skin became as healthy as the skin of a young child, and he was healed!
- Job 42:16Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.
- Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.
- Joshua 14:10“Now, as you can see, the Lord has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old.
- Psalms 103:5He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
- Hosea 2:15I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. She will give herself to me there, as she did long ago when she was young, when I freed her from her captivity in 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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