Job 33:30
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Job 33:30 in other translations
| BSB | to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life. |
|---|---|
| WEB | to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. |
| ASV | To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living. |
| YLT | To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living. |
| DARBY | To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. |
| BBE | Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life. |
| Webster | To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. |
What does Job 33:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 33:29-33
Elihu shows that God's great and gracious design toward the children of men, is, to save them from being for ever miserable, and to bring them to be for ever happy. By whatever means we are kept back from the we shall bless the Lord for them at least, and should bless him for them though they be painful and distressing. Those that perish for ever are without excuse, for they would not be healed.
Job 33:30 in the original Hebrew
Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Job 33:30
- Psalms 56:13
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
- Isaiah 38:17
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Job 33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
- Psalms 40:1-2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
- Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
- Psalms 118:17-18
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
- Isaiah 2:5
O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
- Job 33:24
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
- John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Job 33:29
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
- Job 33:30
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
- Job 33:31
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
Job 33:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Para apartar su alma del sepulcro, y para iluminarlo con la luz de los vivientes. |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pour détourner son âme de la fosse, pour qu’il soit illuminé de la lumière des vivants. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | um seine Seele abzuwenden von der Grube, daß sie erleuchtet werde von dem Lichte der Lebendigen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ut revocet animas eorum a corruptione, et illuminet luce viventium. |