He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
He will deliver his soul - Margin, “He hath delivered my soul.” There are various readings here in the text, which give rise to this diversity of interpretation. The present reading in the text is…
Adam Clarke
He will deliver his soul - He will do that to every individual penitent sinner which he has promised in his word to do for a lost world - he will deliver his soul from going down to the pit of…
God has spoken once to sinners by their own consciences, to keep them from the paths of the destroyer, but they perceive it not; they are not aware that the checks their own hearts give them in a…
Cambridge Bible
The lightwhich the sinner sees is the light of life (Job 33:33), for he is redeemed from the darkness of the pit. The A. V. has followed the Heb. margin and read hissoul, hislife. If this reading were…
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