Job 33:28
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.
27 Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
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,
30 to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
- KJV
- He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
- WEB
- He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
- ASV
- He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
- DARBY
- He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.
- BLB
- He has ransomed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life shall look on the light.’
- ÅB
- han har fridd min sjel fra å fare ned i graven, og mitt liv ser lyset med lyst.
- OTB
- Han har fridd min sjel fra å gå ned i graven,
og mitt liv skal se lyset.’ - B1930
- han har fridd min sjel fra å fare ned i graven, og mitt liv ser lyset med lyst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 33:24
to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
Read in contextJob 3:9
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Read in contextJob 3:16
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
Read in contextJob 33:22
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
Read in contextJob 3:20
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Read in contextJob 33:20
so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
Read in contextIsaiah 38:17–18
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Read in contextRevelation 20:1–3
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
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