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Job 33:30

Job 33:30
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

To bring back his soul from the pit,.... From the pit of the grave; at the mouth or on the brink of which he seemed to be in the apprehension of his friends, and having the sentence of death in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

To bring back his soul from the pit - To keep him from descending to the grave, and to the dark world beneath. He takes these methods of warning people, in order that they may not bring destruction on…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

To bring back his soul from the pit - Nearly a repetition of the promise in Job 33:28.

To be enlightened with the light of the living - An echo of Psa 56:13 : "Thou hast delivered my soul from death,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 33:29-33

We have here the conclusion of this first part of Elihu's discourse, in which, 1. He briefly sums up what he had said, showing that God's great and gracious design, in all the dispensations of his…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 33:29-30

Elihu sums up his doctrine regarding the gracious purpose and effect of God's methods of speaking unto man.