Tree of Life Version
Job 33:28
28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life sees the light.’
Job 33:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
- New International Version (NIV)God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit, And his life shall see the light.
Context of Job 33:28
26He entreats God and is accepted by Him; he sees His face with a shout of joy; He restores to the man his righteousness. 27He sings to others, saying, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved. He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life sees the light.’ 29“Indeed, God does all these things, twice, even three times with a man, 30to bring his soul back from the Pit, that he may be illuminated with the light of life.
Read all of Job 33Job 33:28 word by word
פָּדָ֣ה נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מֵעֲבֹ֣ר בַּשָּׁ֑חַת וְ֝חַיָּתוֹ בָּא֥וֹר תִּרְאֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:28
- Job 33:18He spares his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we descend together into the dust?”
- Psalms 55:23Cast your burden on Adonai, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Psalms 69:15Deliver me from the mire— do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, out of the deep waters.
- Isaiah 38:17Behold, it was for my own shalom that I had great bitterness. You have loved my soul out of the Pit of destruction! For You have flung all my sins behind Your back.
- Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a great chain.
- Job 33:20so that his life loathes bread, and his soul, desirable food.
- Job 3:9May its morning stars be darkened; may it hope for light but have none— may it never see the eyelids of dawn.
- Psalms 49:19Though during his life he congratulates himself, and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
- Isaiah 9:2You will multiply the nation. You will increase the joy. They will rejoice before You like the joy in the harvest, as they revel when they divide spoil.
- John 11:9Yeshua answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of the world.
Commentaries on Job 33:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28He will deliver his soul - He will do that to every individual penitent sinner which he has promised in his word to do for a lost world - he will deliver his soul from going down to the pit of hell. And his life shall see the light - He shall walk in the light, as Christ is in the light; always enjoying a clear sense of his acceptance through the blood of the Lamb. See another mode of paraphrasing these verses at the end of the chapter.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28He will deliver his soul - Margin, “He hath delivered my soul.” There are various readings here in the text, which give rise to this diversity of interpretation. The present reading in the text is נפשׁי nepheshay - “my soul”; and according to this, it is to be regarded as the language of the sufferer celebrating the mercy of God, and is language which is connected with the confession in the previous verse, “I have sinned; I found it no advantage; and he…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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