Job 33:26
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Job 33:26 in other translations
| BSB | He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man. |
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| WEB | He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness. |
| ASV | He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness. |
| YLT | He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness. |
| DARBY | He shall pray unto God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness. |
| BBE | He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men; |
| Webster | He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render to man his righteousness. |
What does Job 33:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 33:25-28
25-28. Effects of restoration to God's favor; literally, to Job a temporal revival; spiritually, an eternal regeneration. The striking words cannot be restricted to their temporal meaning, as used by Elihu (1Pe 1:11, 12). his flesh shall be fresher than a child's--so Naaman, 2Ki 5:14, spiritually, Joh 3:3-7.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 33:19-28
Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God often afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will be of great use for our getting good from sickness, in and by which God speaks to men. Pain is the fruit of sin; yet, by the grace of God, the pain of the body is often made a means of good to the soul. When afflictions have…
Job 33:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 33:26
- Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- Psalms 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Acts 2:28
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
- Acts 9:11
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
- Isaiah 30:19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
- Psalms 91:15
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
- Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
- Hebrews 11:26
Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
- Jude 1:24
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
- 1 Samuel 26:23
The Lord render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the Lord’s anointed.
- 2 Kings 20:2-5
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.
- Psalms 67:1
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 20:2-5; 2Ch 33:12,13,19; Ps 6:1-9; 28:1,2,6; 30:7-11; 41:8-11
Ps 50:15; 91:15; 116:1-6; Isa 30:19; Jer 33:3; Jon 2:2-7; Ac 9:11
and he shall.
42:8,9; Nu 6:25,26; Ps 4:6,7; 16:11; 30:5; 67:1; Ac 2:28; Jude 1:24
he will.
34:11; 1Sa 26:23; Ps 18:20; 62:12; Pr 24:12; Mt 10:41,42; Heb 11:26
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Job 33:25
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
- Job 33:26
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
- Job 33:27
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Job 33:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Orará á Dios, y le amará, y verá su faz con júbilo: y él restituirá al hombre su justicia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il suppliera ✝Dieu, et Dieu l’aura pour agréable; et il verra sa face avec des chants de triomphe, et Dieu rendra à l’homme sa justice. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er wird zu Gott flehen, und Gott wird ihn wohlgefällig annehmen, und er wird sein Angesicht schauen mit Jauchzen; und Gott wird dem Menschen seine Gerechtigkeit vergelten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Deprecabitur Deum, et placabilis ei erit: et videbit faciem ejus in jubilo, et reddet homini justitiam suam. |