Tree of Life Version
Job 33:17
17in order to turn a man from his conduct and to cover a person’s pride.
Job 33:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
- New International Version (NIV)to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride,
- English Standard Version (ESV)that he may turn man aside from his deed and conceal pride from a man;
- New King James Version (NKJV)In order to turn man from his deed, And conceal pride from man,
Context of Job 33:17
15“In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, as they slumber in bed, 16Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction, in order to turn a man from his conduct and to cover a person’s pride. 18He spares his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword. 19Or a person is chastened with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
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לְ֭הָסִיר אָדָ֣ם מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וְגֵוָ֖ה מִגֶּ֣בֶר יְכַסֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:17
- Job 17:11My days have passed, my plans are torn apart. Yet the desires of my heart
- Genesis 20:6Then God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I myself knew that you did this with integrity of your heart, so I, yes I Myself prevented you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not allow you to touch her.
- Isaiah 23:9Adonai-Tzva’ot has planned it, to defile the pride of all glory, to shame all the honored of earth.
- Hosea 2:6I will have no compassion for her children, for they are children of prostitution.
- Matthew 27:19While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Don’t have anything to do with that righteous Man, for today I’ve suffered many things in a dream because of Him.”
- Acts 9:2He requested letters of introduction from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
- Deuteronomy 8:16He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, in order to afflict you and test you, to do you good in the end.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah did not respond according to the favor done to him. His heart became haughty, so wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 2:11The man of haughty eyes is humbled, the lofty ones brought low, for Adonai alone will be exalted in that day.
- Daniel 4:30Immediately the word about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from men, ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
- 2 Corinthians 12:7even in the extraordinary quality of the revelations. So that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me—a a messenger of satan to torment me, so I would not exalt myself.
- James 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of Adonai, and He shall lift you up.
Commentaries on Job 33:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17That he may withdraw man from his purpose - Margin, “work.” The sense is plain. God designs to warn him of the consequences of executing a plan of iniquity. He alarms him by showing him that his course will lead to punishment, and by representing to him in the night visions, the dreadful woes of the future world into which he is about to plunge. The object is to deter him from committing the deed of guilt which he had contemplated, and to turn him to the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 God speaks to us by conscience, by providences, and by ministers; of all these Elihu discourses. There was not then, that we know of, any Divine revelation in writing, though now it is our principal guide. When God designs men's good, by the convictions and dictates of their own consciences, he opens the heart, as Lydia's, and opens the ears, so that conviction finds or forces its way in. The end and design of these admonitions are to keep…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. purpose--Margin, "work." So Job 36:9. So "business" in a bad sense (1Sa 20:19). Elihu alludes to Job's words (Job 17:11). "Pride," an open "pit" (Job 33:18) which God hides or covers up, lest man should fall into it. Even the godly need to learn the lesson which trials teach, to "humble themselves under the mighty hand of God."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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