Job 33:30
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
BSB
ASV
To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
KJV
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
That he may recal their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living. For that is the light of the dying which we behold with our bodily eyes. But they who still live for this world, are in darkness in the light of the dying.
To bring back his soul from the pit,.... From the pit of the grave; at the mouth or on the brink of which he seemed to be in the apprehension of his friends, and having the sentence of death in himself; see Psa 90:3. Or "to turn away" (x), or "stay his soul from the pit", as Mr. Broughton; prevent his going into it by removing his disorder, and restoring him to health, as in the case of Hezekiah, Isa 38:
All providences are to be looked upon as God's workings with man, his strivings with him. He uses a variety of methods to do men good; if one affliction do not do the work, he will try another; if neither do, he will try a mercy; and he will send a messenger to interpret both. He often works such things as these twice, thrice; so it is in the original, referring to
To bring back his soul from the pit - Nearly a repetition of the promise in Job 33:28. To be enlightened with the light of the living - An echo of Psa 56:13: “Thou hast delivered my soul from death, that I may walk before God in the light of the living;” and probably quoted from it.
The walk8
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Psalms 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
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For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
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Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
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I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!