Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
28. The light which the sinner sees is the light of life ( Job 33:30), for he is redeemed from the darkness of the pit. The A. V. has followed the Heb. margin and read his soul, his life. If this reading were adopted the words would be a general statement by Elihu, but this unnaturally anticipates Job 33:29-30.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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 nepheshay – my soul; and according to this, it is to be regarded as the language of the sufferer celebrating the mercy of God, and is language which is connected with the confession in the previous verse, I have sinned; I found it no advantage; and he hath rescued me from death. Many manuscripts, however, read nephesho – his soul; and according to this, the language would be that of Elihu, saying, that in those circumstances God would deliver him when he made suitable confession of his sin. The sense is essentially the same. The Vulgate has, He will deliver his soul; the Septuagint, Save my soul.
From going into the pit – Notes Job 33:18.
And his life shall see the light – Here there is the same variety of reading which occurs in regard to the word soul. The present Hebrew text is ( chayatay) my life; many manuscripts read ( chayato), his life. The phrase to see the light is equivalent to live. Death was represented as going down into regions where there was no ray of light. See Job 3:5; Job 10:21-22.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 28. 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 hell.
And his life shall see the light.] He shall walk in the light, as Christ is in the light; always enjoying a clear sense of his acceptance through the blood of the Lamb. See another mode of paraphrasing these verses at the end of the chapter. See Clarke on Job 33:33.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
He, i.e. God, whose work alone this is.
His soul; himself; or, as it follows,
his life. His life: See Poole “Job 33:18“.
Shall see the light, i.e. shall enjoy, either,
1. Prosperity, which is oft called light, as darkness is put for affliction; or,
2. The light of the living, as it follows, Job 33:30; the light of this world, i.e. his life, which was endangered, shall be restored and continued. This is opposed to his going down into the pit, in the former branch.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
28. (See on Job33:24); rather, as Hebrew text (English Versionreads as the Margin, Hebrew, Keri, “his soul, his life”),”He hath delivered my soul . . . my life.”Continuation of the penitent’s testimony to the people.
light (Job 33:30;Job 3:16; Job 3:20;Psa 56:13; Ecc 11:7).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(28) He will deliver his soul.There are two readings in the Hebrew here, of which one is represented by the Authorised Version; but the better one is, He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the lightthis is part of the restored mans confession, which appears to be continued till the speaker resumes in Job. 33:29.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Job 33:28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Ver. 28. He will deliver his soul from going, &c. ] God will heal him, and lengthen out his life. Or, the sick man will, by his unfeigned repentance, procure his own reprieve and deliverance from deadly danger. Some make these words to be the sick man’s thankful confession, He hath redeemed my soul, &c., not unlike that of David, Psa 116:8 , and that of Hezekiah, Isa 38:17 .
And his life shall see the light
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
will deliver: etc. or, hath delivered my soul, etc. and my life, Job 33:18, Job 33:24, Job 17:16, Psa 55:23, Psa 69:15, Isa 38:17, Isa 38:18, Rev 20:1-3
see: Job 33:20, Job 33:22, Job 3:9, Job 3:16, Job 3:20, Psa 49:19, Isa 9:2, Joh 11:9
Reciprocal: Gen 42:21 – they said Gen 50:17 – they did Lev 26:40 – confess Num 5:7 – confess 2Sa 24:10 – I have sinned 1Ki 8:47 – done perversely 2Ch 6:37 – We have sinned Job 33:30 – To bring Psa 28:1 – I become Psa 30:3 – brought Psa 86:13 – and thou Psa 107:20 – delivered Ecc 11:7 – the light Jer 3:13 – acknowledge Jer 8:6 – hearkened Jer 24:6 – For I will Jer 31:18 – surely Lam 3:42 – transgressed Eze 18:23 – not that Eze 28:8 – shall bring Jon 2:6 – corruption Jon 3:10 – God saw Mat 3:6 – confessing Luk 15:18 – I have Luk 15:20 – But Joh 3:36 – see Joh 8:12 – shall have Act 19:18 – confessed 2Co 7:10 – repentance 1Pe 3:10 – see 1Jo 1:9 – we confess
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
33:28 {u} He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
(u) God will forgive the penitent sinner.