Job 33:28

King James Version

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
God rescued me from the grave, and now my life is filled with light.'

English Revised Version
He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.

Update Bible Version
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall see the light.

New Century Version
God bought my life back from death, and I will continue to enjoy life.'

New English Translation
He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!'

Webster's Bible Translation
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

World English Bible
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'

Amplified Bible
'God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction], And my life shall see the light.'"

English Standard Version
He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For he delyueride his soule, that it schulde not go in to perischyng, but that he lyuynge schulde se liyt.

Berean Standard Bible
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.'

Contemporary English Version
and rescued me from death! Now I will see the light."

American Standard Version
He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

Bible in Basic English
He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

Complete Jewish Bible
[God] redeemed me from going into the pit, and now my life sees light.'

Darby Translation
He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

Easy-to-Read Version
God saved me from going down to the place of death. Now I can enjoy life again.'

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So He redeemeth his soul from going into the pit, and his life beholdeth the light.

King James Version (1611)
Hee will deliuer his soule from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

New Life Bible
He has kept my soul from going to the grave. And my life will see the light.'

New Revised Standard
He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life shall see the light.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
He will deliuer his soule from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

George Lamsa Translation
Deliver my soul from perdition, and my life shall see the light.

Good News Translation
He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit, - and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.

Revised Standard Version
He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.'

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction, and my lyfe shall see the light.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and my life shall see the light.

Christian Standard Bible®
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,and I will continue to see the light.”

Hebrew Names Version
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'

Lexham English Bible
He redeemed my life from going down into the pit, so I will enjoy the light.'

Literal Translation
He has redeemed my soul from passing over into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee he hath delyuered my soule from destruccion, & my life, that it seyth ye light.

New American Standard Bible
'He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life will see the light.'

New King James Version
He will redeem his [fn] soul from going down to the Pit,And his [fn] life shall see the light.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life shall see the light.'

Legacy Standard Bible
He has redeemed my soul from passing into the pit,And my life shall see the light.'

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: ²⁰ So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. ²¹ His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. ²² Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. ²³ If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: ²⁴ Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. ²⁵ His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: 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. ²⁷ He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; ²⁸ He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

will deliver: etc. or, hath delivered my soul, etc. and my life, Job 33:18, Job 33:24, Job 17:16, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 69:15, Isaiah 38:17, Isaiah 38:18, Revelation 20:1-3

see: Job 33:20, Job 33:22, Job 3:9, Job 3:16, Job 3:20, Psalms 49:19, Isaiah 9:2, John 11:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:21 - they said Genesis 50:17 - they did Leviticus 26:40 - confess Numbers 5:7 - confess 2 Samuel 24:10 - I have sinned 1 Kings 8:47 - done perversely 2 Chronicles 6:37 - We have sinned Job 33:30 - To bring Psalms 28:1 - I become Psalms 30:3 - brought Psalms 86:13 - and thou Psalms 107:20 - delivered Ecclesiastes 11:7 - the light Jeremiah 3:13 - acknowledge Jeremiah 8:6 - hearkened Jeremiah 24:6 - For I will Jeremiah 31:18 - surely Lamentations 3:42 - transgressed Ezekiel 18:23 - not that Ezekiel 28:8 - shall bring Jonah 2:6 - corruption Jonah 3:10 - God saw Matthew 3:6 - confessing Luke 15:18 - I have Luke 15:20 - But John 3:36 - see John 8:12 - shall have Acts 19:18 - confessed 2 Corinthians 7:10 - repentance 1 Peter 3:10 - see 1 John 1:9 - we confess

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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. These words have a double reading; the "Keri", or marginal reading, is what we follow; but the "Cetib", or textual reading, is, "he hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life sees the light"; and which seems to be the better reading; and so the words are a continuation of the address of the man recovered from illness to his friends; setting forth and acknowledging, with joy and thankfulness, the great goodness of God unto him, that he had delivered him from the grave, and spared his life, and given him to enjoy great prosperity, both temporal and spiritual.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He will deliver his soul - Margin, “He hath delivered my soul.” There are various readings here in the text, which give rise to this diversity of interpretation. The present reading in the text is נפשׁי nepheshay - “my soul”; and according to this, it is to be regarded as the language of the sufferer celebrating the mercy of God, and is language which is connected with the confession in the previous verse, “I have sinned; I found it no advantage; and he hath rescued me from death.” Many manuscripts, however, read נפשׁו nepheshô - “his soul”; and according to this, the language would be that of Elihu, saying, that in those circumstances God would deliver him when he made suitable confession of his sin. The sense is essentially the same. The Vulgate has, “He will deliver his soul;” the Septuagint, “Save my soul.”

From going into the pit - Notes Job 33:18.

And his life shall see the light - Here there is the same variety of reading which occurs in regard to the word soul. The present Hebrew text is (חיתי chayātay) “my life”; many manuscripts read (חיתו chayātô), “his life.” The phrase “to see the light” is equivalent to live. Death was represented as going down into regions where there was no ray of light. See Job 3:5; Job 10:21-22.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 33:28. 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. Job 33:33.