Job 33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Study Note
Study Note
'He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light' — Elihu's unexpected theological intervention introduces the theme of divine mediation (the 'angel as interpreter' of verse 23) as the mechanism by which God delivers the suffering person from death. The verse anticipates the New Testament's mediatorial Christology: Hebrews 7:25 ('he ever liveth to make intercession for them') develops precisely the angelic-intercessor concept that Elihu proposes into a fully realized theology of Christ as the one who delivers from the pit through his own death-and-resurrection. The 'see the light' language connects to both the light of the living (Job 33:30) and the resurrection-light of Isaiah 53:11 ('He shall see the light of life and be satisfied').
Other Translations
He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'
He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
Cross References
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a …
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy …
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it …
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope …