Job 33:24
22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
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
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Read in contextMatthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Read in context1 Peter 1:18–19
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
Read in contextJob 33:18
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Read in contextHosea 14:4
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Read in contextJob 22:21
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Read in contextExodus 33:19
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Read in contextZechariah 9:11
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
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