Job 33:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְהָשִׁ֣יב נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁ֑חַת לֵ֝א֗וֹר בְּא֣וֹר הַֽחַיִּים׃

Transliteration

ləhāšîb napšô minnî-šāḥat lē'ôr bə'ôr haḥayyîm

Grammar Details

*ləhāšîb*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to bring back
*napšô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul
*minnî*: preposition - from
*šāḥat*: noun, feminine singular - pit
*lē'ôr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to enlighten/illuminate
*bə'ôr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - with light of
*haḥayyîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the living

Word Meanings

*ləhāšîb*: to bring back/to return/to restore
*napšô*: his soul/his life/his being
*šāḥat*: pit/grave/corruption
*lē'ôr*: to enlighten/to illuminate/to be enlightened
*ʾôr*: light/illumination/daylight
*ḥayyîm*: life/living/alive

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
John 8:12 : 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not {G3361} walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
Ps 118:17-18 : 17 I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah. 18 Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.
Isa 2:5 : 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
Job 33:24 : 24 Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
Job 33:28 : 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
Ps 40:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

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