Job 33:25
in Job 33then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
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ASV
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s; He returneth to the days of his youth.
KJV
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
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This verse in Job 33
Commentary
7 notes on this verseHis flesh is consumed by punishments, let him return to the days of his youth. For when that first man fell from God, we were driven from the joys of Paradise, and were involved in the miseries of this mortal life; [Gen. 3, 23. 24.] and we feel, by the pain of our punishment, what a grievous fault we committed by the persuasion of the serpent. For having fallen into this state, we have found nothing, out of God, except affliction.
This site's exposition
his flesh is refreshed like a child’s
on Job 33:25-28
The restored man's confession, “I have sinned and perverted what was right”, gives the words Job has refused to speak of himself through the debate. Gill reads “He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit” as the rescue promised at verse 18 now delivered.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Since Job had said, "My flesh is clothed with corruption," (7:5) as if he could not be restored, he excludes this saying, "His flesh has been consumed by punishments," as if to say: This is not injurious to my power, and so "let him return …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
This is not always the consequence of a sick man's repentance and return to God, but sometimes it is; and recovery from sickness is a mercy indeed when it arises from the remission of sin; then it is in love to the soul that the body is delivered from the pit of corruption when God casts our sins behind his back, Isa. xxxviii.
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's,.... Being recovered from illness and restored to health, through the gracious dealings of God with him. This is to be understood not simply and absolutely, but comparatively, or with respect to his former condition; that he, who before was reduced to skin and bone, is now become fat and plump; and whose flesh was dry and withered, now moist, succulent, and juicy; and whose skin was wrinkled, now soft and smooth, and sleek; and whose face was pale, now bloomy and ruddy.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s - Margin, “childhood.” The meaning is obvious. He would be restored again to health. The calamity which had been brought upon him for purposes of discipline, would be removed. This was the theory of Elihu in regard to afflictions, and he undoubtedly meant that it should be applied to Job. If he would now, understanding the nature and design of affliction, turn to God, he would be recovered again, and enjoy the health and rigor of his youth.
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s - He shall be born a new creature. He shall return to the days of his youth - He shall be born again, and become a child of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רֻֽטֲפַ֣שׁ | rutafash | it grows fresh | H7375 → | |
| בְּשָׂר֣וֹ | besaro | flesh his | H1320 → | 270 times |
| מִנֹּ֑עַר | minoar | more than youth | H5290 → | |
| יָ֝שׁ֗וּב | yashuv | he returns | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לִימֵ֥י | limei | to [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| עֲלוּמָֽיו׃ | ʾalumav | youth<s> his | H5934 → |
רֻֽטֲפַ֣שׁit grows fresh
rutafashH7375 →
בְּשָׂר֣וֹflesh his
besaroH1320 →270 times
מִנֹּ֑עַרmore than youth
minoarH5290 →
יָ֝שׁ֗וּבhe returns
yashuvH7725 →1056 times
לִימֵ֥יto [the] days of
limeiH3117 →2304 times
עֲלוּמָֽיו׃youth<s> his
ʾalumavH5934 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 103:5who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
it leads to
- Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Psalms 107:9
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
- 1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us…
- 2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- Psalms 63:5
My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- Isaiah 40:31
Through
Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:2
he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the…
- Deuteronomy 31:2
Through
Job 42:16After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
it leads to
- Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
- Proverbs 17:6
Through
2 Kings 5:14So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child,…
it leads to
- Luke 4:27
And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
- Luke 4:27
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXIV; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.