Job 33:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פָּדָ֣ה *נפשי **נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מֵעֲבֹ֣ר בַּשָּׁ֑חַת *וחיתי **וְ֝חַיָּתוֹ בָּא֥וֹר תִּרְאֶֽה׃

Transliteration

pādâ napšô mē'ăbōr baššāḥat wəḥayyātô bā'ôr tir'eh

Grammar Details

• *pādâ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has redeemed
• *napšô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul
• *mē'ăbōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - from passing
• *baššāḥat*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the pit
• *wəḥayyātô*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his life
• *bā'ôr*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the light
• *tir'eh*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she will see

Word Meanings

• *pādâ*: he has redeemed/he has ransomed/he has rescued
• *napšô*: his soul/his life/his being
• *mē'ăbōr*: from passing/from going
• *šāḥat*: pit/grave/corruption
• *ḥayyātô*: his life/his living being/his existence
• *ʾôr*: light/daylight/illumination
• *tir'eh*: will see/will behold/will look upon

Referenced Verses

• Job 33:22 : 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
• Job 33:24 : 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
• Job 3:9 : 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
• Job 3:16 : 16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
• Job 3:20 : 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
• Job 17:16 : 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
• Job 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
• Job 33:18 : 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
• Job 33:20 : 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
• Ps 49:19 : 19 He shall go{H8799)} to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see{H8799)} light.
• Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
• Ps 69:15 : 15 Let not the waterflood overflow{H8799)} me, neither let the deep swallow me up{H8799)}, and let not the pit shut{H8799)} her mouth upon me.
• Isa 9:2 : 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
• Isa 38:17-18 : 17 Behold, for peace 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. 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
• John 11:9 : 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
• Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.