28 [a]He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

29 Lo, all these things will God work [b]twice or thrice with a man,

30 That he may turn back his soul from the pit, to be illuminated in the light of the living.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:28 God will forgive the penitent sinner.
  2. Job 33:29 Meaning, oftentimes, even as oft as a sinner doth repent.

28 God has delivered(A) me from going down to the pit,(B)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(C)

29 “God does all these things to a person(D)
    twice, even three times(E)
30 to turn them back(F) from the pit,(G)
    that the light of life(H) may shine on them.(I)

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