Job 33:24 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 33:19-28

God has spoken once to sinners by their own consciences, to keep them from the paths of the destroyer, but they perceive it not; they are not aware that the checks their own hearts give them in a sinful way are from God, but they are imputed to melancholy or the preciseness of their education; and therefore God speaks twice; he speaks a second time, and tries another way to convince and reclaim sinners, and that is by providences, afflictive and merciful (in which he speaks twice), and by the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 33:24

Then he is gracious to him ,.... To the sick man; either the messenger or the minister that is with him, who pities his case and prays for him; and by some the following words are supposed to be a prayer of his, "deliver me", &c.; since one find in the Gospel there is a ransom for such persons. Rather Christ, who is gracious to man, as appears by his assumption of their nature and becoming a ransom for them, and who upon the foot of redemption which he has "found" or obtained, see ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:24

Then he is gracious unto him - He exercises mercy towards fallen man, and gives command for his respite and pardon. Deliver him from going down to the pit - Let him who is thus instructed, penitent, and afflicted, and comes to me, find a pardon; for: - VI. By an Atonement read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1-33

In this chapter Elihu, turning away from the "comforters," proceeds to address Job himself, offering to reason out the matter in dispute with him, in God's stead. After a brief exordium (verses 1-7), he takes exception which (he says) are unjust. He next brings forward his theory of God-inflicted sufferings being, in the main, chastisements proceeding from a loving purpose, intended to purify, to strengthen, to purge out faults, to "save from the pit," to improve, and to enlighten... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:8-33

Elihu's first discourse: the guilt of man in the sight of God. I. JOB 'S CONFIDENCE IN HAS INNOCENTS CENSURED . ( Job 33:8-11 .) Elihu gathers up in brief some of those sayings of Job which had shocked his ear and scandalized his spiritual conscience. Job had asserted his own purity, and had accused God of enmity against his person (compare Job's words, Job 9:21 ; Job 10:7 ; Job 16:17 ; Job 23:10 ; Job 27:5 , Job 27:6 ; Job 10:13 , seq.; Job 19:11 ; Job 30:21 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:14-33

Elihu's first address to Job: 2. The philosophy of Divine instruction. I. THE METHODS OF DIVINE INSTRUCTION . 1 . Through the medium of dreams. The dreams, or visions, referred to were supernatural revelations in early times imparted to men, when the spirit, probably wrapt in meditation on Divine things, was cast into a deep sleep, such as fell on Adam at the creation of Eve ( Genesis 2:21 ). That nocturnal dreams usually find their psychological basis in the mental... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:23-26

The messenger and the ransom. Elihu shows that God has three ways of speaking to man—by inward voices ( Job 33:14-18 ), by the experience of chastisement ( Job 33:19-22 ), and now lastly by a living messenger ( Job 33:23-26 ). I. GOD SPEAKS BY A MESSENGER . It is a question whether we should understand the word rendered "messenger" in the usual sense attached to it, i.e , as standing for "angel." God has spoken through angel-messengers from the days of Abraham. But any... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:24

Then he is gracious unto him; and saith . Some interpret, "Then he ( i.e. God) is gracious unto him, and he ( i.e. the angel) saith. Others make God the subject of both clauses. But the angel is the natural subject. Deliver him from going down to the pit. The mediating angel thus addresses God, and adds, I have found a ransom, leaving the nature of the ransom unexplained. Some notion of ransom, or atonemeat, underlay the whole idea of sacrifice, which appears to have been universally... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 33:24

Then he is gracious unto him - That is, on the supposition that he hears and regards what the messenger of God communicates. If he rightly understands the reasons of the divine administration, and acquiesces in it, and if he calls upon God in a proper manner Job 33:26, he will show him mercy, and spare him. Or it may mean, that God is in fact gracious to him by sending him a messenger who can come and say to him that it is the divine purpose to spare him; that he is satisfied, and will preserve... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 33:23-24

Job 33:23-24 . If there be a messenger with him If there be a prophet or teacher with the afflicted man; an interpreter One whose office and work it is to declare to him the mind and will of God, and his design in this dispensation of his providence, and what is the sick man’s duty under it. One of a thousand A person rightly qualified for this great and difficult work, such as there are but very few; to show unto man his uprightness Not man’s, but God’s uprightness; namely, his... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 33:19-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 33:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 33:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:8-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:14-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:23-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 33:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 33:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 33:23-24

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