Giobbe 33:28

28 Così Iddio riscoterà l’anima sua, che non passi nella fossa, E la vita sua vedrà la luce.

Giobbe 33:28 Meaning and Commentary

Job 33:28

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.

Giobbe 33:28 In-Context

26 Egli supplicherà a Dio, ed egli gli sarà placato, E gli farà veder la sua faccia con giubilo, E renderà all’uomo la sua giustizia.

27 Ed esso poi si volgerà verso gli uomini, e dirà: Io avea peccato, ed avea pervertita la dirittura, E ciò non mi ha punto giovato.

28 Così Iddio riscoterà l’anima sua, che non passi nella fossa, E la vita sua vedrà la luce.

29 Ecco, Iddio opera tutte queste cose Due e tre volte inverso l’uomo;

30 Per ritrarre l’anima sua dalla fossa, Acciocchè sia illuminata della luce de’ viventi.