Job 33:29
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.
28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
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.
31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,
- KJV
- Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
- WEB
- “Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
- ASV
- Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, [yea] thrice, with a man,
- DARBY
- Lo, all these [things] worketh God twice, thrice, with man,
- BLB
- Behold, all these [things] God does two or three [times] with a man,
- ÅB
- Se, alt dette gjør Gud to ganger, ja tre, mot en mann
- OTB
- “Sannelig, Gud gjør alle disse tingene for en person—to ganger, til og med tre ganger—
- B1930
- Se, alt dette gjør Gud to ganger, ja tre, mot en mann
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 1:11
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Read in contextPhilippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:6
There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
Read in contextHebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:5
And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
Read in context2 Kings 6:10
So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
Read in contextColossians 1:29
To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
Read in contextJob 33:14–17
For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
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