Job 33:28

28 Il a racheté mon âme, afin qu'elle ne passât point dans la fosse, et ma vie voit encore la lumière! "

Job 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.

Job 33:28 In-Context

26 Il supplie Dieu, et Dieu lui est favorable. Il lui fait contempler avec joie sa face, et il lui rend sa justice.

27 Il chante au milieu des hommes, et il dit: "J'avais péché, j'avais violé la justice, et ma peine n'a pas égalé ma faute.

28 Il a racheté mon âme, afin qu'elle ne passât point dans la fosse, et ma vie voit encore la lumière! "

29 Voilà ce que Dieu fait deux, trois fois, envers l'homme,

30 Pour ramener son âme de la fosse, pour qu'elle soit éclairée de la lumière des vivants.