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He has rescuedפָּדָהhis soulנַפְשׁוֹfrom passingמֵעֲבֹרinto the pit,בַּשָּׁחַתand his lifeוְחַיָּתוֹwill seeתִּרְאֶהthe light.בָּאוֹר
Job 33:28
Study it in the app“He has rescued his soul from passing into the pit, and his life will see the light.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 33:28, word by word
- He has rescuedפָּדָהpada
redeem
To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.
Where else “pada” appears- his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears- from passingעֲבֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- into the pitשָּׁחַתshachat
grave
The grave, from which God rescues.
Where else “shachat” appears- and his lifeחַיָּתchayat
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayat” appears- will seeתִּרְאֶהtire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tire” appears- the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew text has two forms: the one that is read, “his soul… his life,” and the written one, “my soul… my life,” which would continue the man’s words.
The context
27He looks upon men and says, ‘I have sinned, and what is right I have perverted, and it was not repaid to me.’
28 · This verse (above)
29Look, all these things El does twice, three times with a man,