Job 33:28

33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He: or, He shall look upon men, and say

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. He: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life

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He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.’

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

33:29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, oftentimes: Heb. twice and thrice

What does Job 33:28 mean?

Job 33:28 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּדָה (pâdâh), נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh), עָבַר (ʻâbar). It connects to 4 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

will

deliverפָּדָהpâdâh/paw-daw'/H6299to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve

his

soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

from

goingעָבַרʻâbar/aw-bar'/H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

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the

pit,שַׁחַתshachath/shakh'-ath/H7845a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction

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his

lifeחַיchay/khah'-ee/H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

shall

seeרָאָהrâʼâh/raw-aw'/H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

the

light.אוֹרʼôwr/ore/H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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Commentary on Job 33:28

HENRY_FULL · Job 33:28

rsion from the controversy; though, if it had been only so, perhaps it would not have been much amiss. When disputes grow hot, better lose the question than lose our temper. But this is pertinent and to the business in hand. Job and his friends had been discoursing about the dispensations of Providence towards the wicked and the righteous. Job had shown that some wicked men live and die in prosperity, while others are presently and openly arrested by the judgments of God. But, if any ask the reason why some are punished in this world and not others, they must be told it is a question that cannot be answered. The knowledge of the reasons of state in God's government of the world is kept from us, and we must neither pretend to it nor reach after it. Zophar had wished that God would show Job the "secrets of wisdom" ( ch. xi. 6 ). No, says Job, "secret things belong not to us, but things revealed," Deut. xxix. 29 . And here he shows, I. Concerning worldly wealth, how industriously that is sought for and pursued by the children of men, what pains they take, what contrivances they have, and what hazards they run to get it, ver. 1-11 . II. Concerning wisdom, ver. 12 . In general, the price of it is very great; it is of inestimable value, ver. 15-19 . The place of it is very secret, ver. 14 , 20 , 22 . In particular, there is a wisdom which is hidden in God ( ver. 23-27 ) and there is a wisdom which is revealed to the children of men, ver. 28 . Our enquiries into the former must be checked, into the latter quickened, for that is it which is our concern. Extent of Human Discoveries. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. instructer: Heb. whetter

Numbers 31:22

Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Deuteronomy 8:9

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

1 Chronicles 22:14

Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. trouble: or, poverty

Topics

Penitent Philosophy Repentance

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Job 33:28.

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 9:16

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 1:18

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:4

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. the light from: Heb. between the light and between the darkness

Frequently asked questions

What does Job 33:28 say?

Job 33:28 (King James Version) reads: "He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. He: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life"

Is Job 33:28 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 33:28 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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