Job 33:27

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.

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

29 Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
KJV
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
WEB
He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
ASV
He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:
DARBY
He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;
BLB
Then he shall sing before men and say, ‘I have sinned, and have twisted uprightness, and He did not requite [it] of me.
ÅB
Han synger for menneskene og sier: Jeg hadde syndet og gjort det rette kroket, men han gjengjeldte meg det ikke;
OTB
De vil synge til andre og si,
‘Jeg har syndet og forvrengt det som var rett,
men jeg fikk ikke det jeg fortjente.
B1930
Han synger for menneskene og sier: Jeg hadde syndet og gjort det rette kroket, men han gjengjeldte mig det ikke;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 6:21

    What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:13

    Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

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  • Psalms 14:2

    The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

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  • Jeremiah 31:18–19

    I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.

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  • Matthew 16:26

    What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

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  • 1 John 1:8–10

    If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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  • Romans 7:22

    For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

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  • Jeremiah 3:13

    Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

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