Job 33:28
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
BSB
ASV
He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
KJV
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
For he hath delivered his soul from going onwards to destruction. Because when Divine Grace goes before us in good works, our free will follows it, we, who yield our consent to God Who delivers us, are said to deliver ourselves; and hence Paul when saying, I laboured more abundantly than they all, [1 Cor. 15, 1] for fear he should seem to ascribe his labours to himself, immediately added, Yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit,.... Into the pit of the grave; and then the soul is put for the man or for the body; or into the pit of hell or perdition: and his life shall see the light; or he shall live and enjoy outward prosperity here, and the light of eternal happiness hereafter; and so the Targum interprets it of superior light, or the light above, even the inheritance of the saints in light.
He will deliver his soul - He will do that to every individual penitent sinner which he has promised in his word to do for a lost world - he will deliver his soul from going down to the pit of hell. And his life shall see the light - He shall walk in the light, as Christ is in the light; always enjoying a clear sense of his acceptance through the blood of the Lamb. See another mode of paraphrasing these verses at the end of the chapter.
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John 11:9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
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While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
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Job 3:16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
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Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial,…
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Job 33:24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
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No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”