Job 33:24
22 He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
23 Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
25 then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
- KJV
- Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
- WEB
- then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
- ASV
- Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
- DARBY
- Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
- BLB
- and shows him favor and says, ‘Spare him from going down [into] the Pit; I have found a ransom,’
- ÅB
- da ynkes Gud over ham og sier: Fri ham fra å fare ned i graven! Jeg har fått løsepenger.
- OTB
- og han er nådig mot dem, og sier,
‘Fri dem fra å gå ned i graven;
Jeg har funnet en løsepenge for dem— - B1930
- da ynkes Gud over ham og sier: Fri ham fra å fare ned i graven! Jeg har fått løsepenger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 49:7–8
No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
Read in contextMatthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Read in context1 Peter 1:18–19
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
Read in contextJob 33:18
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
Read in contextHosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Read in contextJob 22:21
Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
Read in contextExodus 33:19
“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Read in contextZechariah 9:11
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
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