Job 33:18 BSB — MannaFest

Job 33:18

to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

KJV

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXIII (604)

Rescuing his soul from corruption, and his life from passing to the sword. For every sinner, in consequence of his corruption by sin here, is compelled to pass thither to the sword of punishment; that he may be justly punished in that world, by the very sins in which he delighted in this. We must observe therefore, that God, speaking to us in a dream, delivers us first from corruption, and afterwards from the sword: because in truth He delivers the 'life' of that person from avenging punishment there, whose mind He here withdraws from the allurement of sin.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2453: “A Hard Case” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1896)

HOW persevering is Divine love! "God speaks once." I have heard many a father say to his child, "Do not let me have to speak to you again." But the great Father has to speak again and when it is written, "God speaks once, yes twice, yet man perceives it not," we see how great is the stubbornness of the human heart! And we also see the gentleness of Divine love. When Elihu said, "God speaks once, yes twice," he meant that the Lord speaks repeatedly. Divine loving kindness has many voices. God often speaks to us in our childhood.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְ	yach.Sokh	he will keep back	H2820 →
נַ֭פְשׁוֹ	naf.sho	life his	H5315 →
מִנִּי־	mi.ni-	from	H4480 →
שָׁ֑חַת	Sha.chat	[the] pit	H7845 →
וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ	ve.chai.ya.To	and life his	H2416 →
מֵעֲבֹ֥ר	me.'a.Vor	from passing away	H5674 →
בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃	ba.Sha.lach	by <the> missile	H7973 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 2:4
  who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- Isaiah 30:18
  Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 2:4
  Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- Psalms 86:15
  But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
- Habakkuk 2:3
  For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
Through
Romans 2:4
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
leads to
- 2 Peter 3:9
  The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
- Exodus 34:6
  Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
- Romans 9:22–23
  What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job