Job 33:24
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 33 connects to 10 cross-references. Elihu addresses Job directly, claiming to speak on God's behalf without being terrifying. He argues that God does speak — in dreams, in physical suffering — as a means of discipline and redemption, not punishment. God's purpose in affliction is …
Other Translations
ThenGodis gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
Then He doth favour him and saith, `Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'
And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:
Cross References
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the …
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant …
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting …
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall …