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Job 33:24
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Elihu Rebukes Job
23Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him, 24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’ 25then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
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- Adam Clarke
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
- John Gill
- Tyndale
Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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 I have found a ransom - כפר copher, an atonement. Pay a ransom for him, פדעהו pedaehu, that he may not go down to the pit - to corruption or destruction, for I have found out an atonement. It is this that gives efficacy to all the preceding means; without which they would be useless, and the salvation of man impossible. I must think that the redemption of a lost world, by Jesus Christ, is not obscurely signified in Job 33:23, Job 33:24. While the whole world lay in the wicked one, and were all hastening to the bottomless pit, God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him might not perish, but have everlasting life. Jesus Christ, the great sacrifice, and head of the Church, commissions his messengers - apostles and their successors - to show men the righteousness of God, and his displeasure at sin, and at the same time his infinite love, which commands them to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and that they who believe on him shall not perish, shall not go down to the pit of destruction, for he has found out an atonement; and that whoever comes to him, through Christ, shall have everlasting life, in virtue of that atonement or ransom price. Should it be objected against my interpretation of אלף aleph, that it cannot be translated chief or head, because it is without the vau shurek, אלוף alluph, which gives it this signification; I would answer, that this form of the word is not essential to the signification given above, as it occurs in several places without the vau shurek, where it most certainly signifies a chief, a leader, captain, etc., e.g., Zac 9:7; Jer 13:21, and Gen 36:30; in the first of which we translate it governor; in the second, captain; and in the third, duke. And although we translate אלוף alluph an ox or beeve, (and it most certainly has this meaning in several places), yet in this signification it is written without the vau shurek in Pro 14:4; Psa 8:7; Isa 30:24; and in Deu 7:13; Deu 28:4, Deu 28:18, Deu 28:51; which all show that this letter is not absolutely necessary to the above signification.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
Apodosis to Job 33:23. he--God. Deliver--literally, "redeem"; in it and "ransom" there is reference to the consideration, on account of which God pardons and relieves the sufferers; here it is primarily the intercession of Elihu. But the language is too strong for its full meaning to be exhausted by this. The Holy Ghost has suggested language which receives its full realization only in the "eternal redemption found" by God in the price paid by Jesus Christ for it; that is, His blood and meritorious intercession (Heb 9:12). "Obtained," literally, "found"; implying the earnest zeal, wisdom, and faithfulness of the finder, and the newness and joyousness of the finding. Jesus Christ could not but have found it, but still His seeking it was needed [BENGEL], (Luk 15:8). God the Father, is the Finder (Psa 89:19). Jesus Christ the Redeemer, to whom He saith, Redeem (so Hebrew) him from going, &c. (Co2 5:19). ransom--used in a general sense by Elihu, but meant by the Holy Ghost in its strict sense as applied to Jesus Christ, of a price paid for deliverance (Exo 21:30), an atonement (that is, means of selling at once, that is, reconciling "two" who are estranged), a covering, as of the ark with pitch, typical of what covers us sinners from wrath (Gen 6:14; Psa 32:1). The pit is primarily here the grave (Isa 38:17), but the spiritual pit is mainly shadowed forth (Zac 9:11).
John Gill Bible Commentary
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 Heb 9:12; pleads for the present comfort and future happiness of his people, in such language as after expressed, "deliver him", &c. Or rather God the Father is gracious to the sick man for his Son's sake, and saith, deliver him from going down to the pit; addressing either the disease, so Mr. Broughton renders the word, "spare him (O killing malady) from descending into the pit", the grave, for the present his disease threatened him with. Or the minister of the word attending the sick man, who is bid to declare to him, as Nathan to David, and Isaiah to Hezekiah, that he should live longer, and not die for the present: or rather the address is to law and justice, to let the redeemed of the Lord go free, and particularly the sick man being one of them; and not thrust him down into the bottomless pit of everlasting ruin and destruction, for the reason following: I have found a ransom; which is no other than Christ the Son of God; whom Jehovah, in his infinite wisdom, found out and settled upon to be the ransomer of his people; to which he agreed, and in the fulness of time came to give his life a ransom for many, and for whom he has given himself as a ransom price, which has been testified in due time: and this ransom is for all the elect of God, and is of them from sin, Satan, law, hell, and death; and the finding of it is not of man, nor is the scheme of propitiation, peace and reconciliation by Christ, or of atonement and satisfaction (s) by the sacrifice of Christ, as the word here used signifies, an invention of men; but is the effect of infinite wisdom, and a scheme drawn in the eternal mind, and formed in Christ from everlasting; see Co2 5:19. Some take these words to be spoken by the Father to the Son, upon his appointment and agreement to be the ransomer and Redeemer, saying, "go, redeem him", &c. for so the words (t) may be rendered; and others think they are the words of the Son the messenger to his Father, the advocate with him for his people, as before observed. (s) "propitiationem", Beza, Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Bolducius, Vatablus; "expiationem", Tigurine version; "lytrum", Cocceius; "satisfactionem", Schmidt. (t) "redime eum", Pagninus, Montanus &c.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
33:24 The ransom is ultimately found in Christ (Matt 20:28; Rom 3:24-25; 1 Tim 2:6; 1 Pet 1:18-19).
Job 33:24
Elihu Rebukes Job
23Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him, 24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’ 25then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
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Studies in Job-01 Job-1
By William MacDonald84830:52JOB 9:33JOB 19:25JOB 33:24JOB 36:27In this sermon, the preacher discusses the book of Job and the suffering that Job endures. He highlights the remarkable precision of the heavenly bodies and how they serve as a reminder of God's power. Job, despite his suffering, finds comfort in God's revelation of His greatness and humbles himself before Him. The preacher emphasizes that reading the book of Job leads to great thoughts of God and teaches us about His dealings with mankind and His triumph over evil.
Christ All in All
By D.L. Moody2Christ as All in AllSalvation for EveryoneNEH 9:15JOB 33:24PSA 23:1ISA 49:24MAT 11:28LUK 2:10JHN 10:14COL 3:11JAS 1:5REV 22:17D.L. Moody emphasizes that Christ is everything to those who truly find Him, serving as our Savior, Redeemer, Deliverer, Leader, Light, Teacher, Shepherd, and Burden-bearer. He passionately declares that salvation is freely offered to all, urging listeners to accept Christ as their Savior and experience the fullness of His grace. Moody illustrates how Christ not only saves but also redeems and delivers us from sin, guiding us through life's challenges as our Shepherd. He encourages believers to shine as lights in the world, reflecting Christ's light and love to others. Ultimately, Moody calls everyone to recognize that Christ is indeed 'All in All' for those who accept Him.
Christ the Ransom Found.
By John Gill0RedemptionGrace Of GodJOB 33:24PSA 49:8ISA 43:3MAT 20:28JHN 3:16ROM 5:11ROM 8:1EPH 1:71TI 2:6HEB 9:12John Gill preaches on the theme of Christ as the ransom found, emphasizing the grace of God in providing a means of redemption through Jesus Christ. He reflects on the significance of Job 33:24, illustrating how Christ's sacrifice serves as the ultimate ransom for humanity, delivering believers from sin and eternal destruction. Gill highlights the role of ministers as messengers who convey this message of hope and righteousness, and he encourages the congregation to trust in God's grace for salvation. The sermon also serves as a tribute to Mr. John Davenport, reminding the audience of the comfort found in Christ during times of loss.
Of Christ, the Surety of the Covenant.
By John Gill0Covenant of GraceChrist's SuretyshipJOB 33:24ISA 49:5ISA 53:6JER 30:21MAT 6:12JHN 10:16ROM 15:82CO 5:21HEB 3:2HEB 7:22John Gill expounds on Christ's role as the Surety of the Covenant, emphasizing that He voluntarily took on the obligations of humanity's sins, satisfying divine justice through His obedience and sacrifice. Christ's suretyship is not merely an accessory to human obligation but a complete transfer of debt, where He bore the sins of the elect and fulfilled the law on their behalf. Gill clarifies that Christ's engagement as Surety ensures that believers are freed from the debt of sin, as their sins are imputed to Him, and His righteousness is credited to them. This profound act of love and grace guarantees the salvation of the elect, as Christ is committed to bringing them safely to glory. Ultimately, Gill highlights the unbreakable bond of this covenant, rooted in God's faithfulness and Christ's perfect fulfillment of His promises.
God's Rectitude in Future ...
By Robert Murray M'Cheyne0God's RighteousnessEternal JudgmentJOB 33:24PSA 9:17MAT 13:50MAT 23:33MRK 16:16LUK 16:241CO 9:272TH 1:61JN 1:9REV 20:10Robert Murray M'Cheyne emphasizes the reality and seriousness of hell, drawing from biblical references to illustrate its eternal nature and the righteousness of God in punishing sin. He argues that the warnings about hell are rooted in love and truth, as seen in the teachings of David, Paul, John, and Christ, who all spoke of hell's torment. M'Cheyne explains that hell is not annihilation but eternal suffering, and he stresses that God's justice demands punishment for sin due to its infinite nature. He concludes by urging believers to cherish their salvation through Christ, while warning the careless and unrepentant of the suddenness and certainty of hell's judgment.
I Have Found a Ransom!
By Thomas Brooks0RedemptionThe Sacrifice of ChristJOB 33:24ISA 53:5JHN 3:16ROM 5:8EPH 1:7COL 1:14HEB 9:121PE 1:181JN 2:2REV 5:9Thomas Brooks emphasizes the profound truth that God has provided a ransom for humanity's sins through the death of His Son, Jesus Christ. He explains that no angel or human could devise a means of redemption, but it was God's infinite wisdom that revealed this plan from His own heart. The sermon highlights that this divine ransom is not found in earthly sacrifices or human efforts, but solely in the sacrificial love of Christ, which fulfills God's justice while offering salvation to sinners. Brooks encourages believers to recognize the uniqueness and depth of God's provision for redemption, which was conceived without counsel or consultation with others.
The Doctrine of Justification 6. Its Source
By A.W. Pink0JustificationGrace Of GodJOB 33:24PSA 40:7ISA 43:25ROM 3:24ROM 5:181CO 15:47GAL 4:4EPH 1:6TIT 3:5REV 12:11A.W. Pink expounds on the doctrine of justification, emphasizing that it is a divine verdict declaring believers righteous through the perfect satisfaction of Christ. He explains that justification is not based on human merit but solely on God's sovereign grace, which allows the ungodly to be accepted without cause. Pink clarifies that Christ's obedience and sacrifice fulfill the law's demands, making His righteousness available for imputation to believers. He reassures Christians that despite their shortcomings, they stand accepted in the beloved through Christ's finished work. Ultimately, the source of justification is God's unmerited favor, which offers hope and comfort to all who believe.
Members of His Body
By Charles E. Cowman0JOB 33:24ZEP 3:172CO 4:16EPH 5:30COL 3:4Charles E. Cowman preaches on the profound truth of divine healing, emphasizing that it is essentially the life of Christ flowing through believers, uniting them with His body and empowering them with His attributes and powers. He highlights the reality of Christ's presence within us, transforming our entire being into a new creation, and the importance of appropriating God's might and power in our lives. Through personal testimony, he shares how this reality has sustained and rejuvenated him, enabling him to do more with less effort, and leading to a life that overflows with strength and vitality.
Mercy Rejoicing Against Judgment
By Thomas Reade0JOB 33:24PSA 103:1ISA 1:18ISA 30:18ISA 43:25HOS 6:1EPH 2:81JN 1:91JN 2:11JN 4:19Thomas Reade preaches about the overwhelming mercy of God that triumphs over judgment, showcasing how God's promises of grace and mercy shine brightly even in the face of human sinfulness and rebellion. The prophet Isaiah reveals God's character of mercy, where instead of deserved destruction, there is a call to repentance, transformation, and restoration. Through various passages, the sermon emphasizes God's delight in showing mercy, His desire for repentance, and the profound love that leads to redemption and forgiveness, highlighting the importance of faith in Jesus' atoning sacrifice.
- Adam Clarke
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
- John Gill
- Tyndale
Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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 I have found a ransom - כפר copher, an atonement. Pay a ransom for him, פדעהו pedaehu, that he may not go down to the pit - to corruption or destruction, for I have found out an atonement. It is this that gives efficacy to all the preceding means; without which they would be useless, and the salvation of man impossible. I must think that the redemption of a lost world, by Jesus Christ, is not obscurely signified in Job 33:23, Job 33:24. While the whole world lay in the wicked one, and were all hastening to the bottomless pit, God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him might not perish, but have everlasting life. Jesus Christ, the great sacrifice, and head of the Church, commissions his messengers - apostles and their successors - to show men the righteousness of God, and his displeasure at sin, and at the same time his infinite love, which commands them to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and that they who believe on him shall not perish, shall not go down to the pit of destruction, for he has found out an atonement; and that whoever comes to him, through Christ, shall have everlasting life, in virtue of that atonement or ransom price. Should it be objected against my interpretation of אלף aleph, that it cannot be translated chief or head, because it is without the vau shurek, אלוף alluph, which gives it this signification; I would answer, that this form of the word is not essential to the signification given above, as it occurs in several places without the vau shurek, where it most certainly signifies a chief, a leader, captain, etc., e.g., Zac 9:7; Jer 13:21, and Gen 36:30; in the first of which we translate it governor; in the second, captain; and in the third, duke. And although we translate אלוף alluph an ox or beeve, (and it most certainly has this meaning in several places), yet in this signification it is written without the vau shurek in Pro 14:4; Psa 8:7; Isa 30:24; and in Deu 7:13; Deu 28:4, Deu 28:18, Deu 28:51; which all show that this letter is not absolutely necessary to the above signification.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
Apodosis to Job 33:23. he--God. Deliver--literally, "redeem"; in it and "ransom" there is reference to the consideration, on account of which God pardons and relieves the sufferers; here it is primarily the intercession of Elihu. But the language is too strong for its full meaning to be exhausted by this. The Holy Ghost has suggested language which receives its full realization only in the "eternal redemption found" by God in the price paid by Jesus Christ for it; that is, His blood and meritorious intercession (Heb 9:12). "Obtained," literally, "found"; implying the earnest zeal, wisdom, and faithfulness of the finder, and the newness and joyousness of the finding. Jesus Christ could not but have found it, but still His seeking it was needed [BENGEL], (Luk 15:8). God the Father, is the Finder (Psa 89:19). Jesus Christ the Redeemer, to whom He saith, Redeem (so Hebrew) him from going, &c. (Co2 5:19). ransom--used in a general sense by Elihu, but meant by the Holy Ghost in its strict sense as applied to Jesus Christ, of a price paid for deliverance (Exo 21:30), an atonement (that is, means of selling at once, that is, reconciling "two" who are estranged), a covering, as of the ark with pitch, typical of what covers us sinners from wrath (Gen 6:14; Psa 32:1). The pit is primarily here the grave (Isa 38:17), but the spiritual pit is mainly shadowed forth (Zac 9:11).
John Gill Bible Commentary
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 Heb 9:12; pleads for the present comfort and future happiness of his people, in such language as after expressed, "deliver him", &c. Or rather God the Father is gracious to the sick man for his Son's sake, and saith, deliver him from going down to the pit; addressing either the disease, so Mr. Broughton renders the word, "spare him (O killing malady) from descending into the pit", the grave, for the present his disease threatened him with. Or the minister of the word attending the sick man, who is bid to declare to him, as Nathan to David, and Isaiah to Hezekiah, that he should live longer, and not die for the present: or rather the address is to law and justice, to let the redeemed of the Lord go free, and particularly the sick man being one of them; and not thrust him down into the bottomless pit of everlasting ruin and destruction, for the reason following: I have found a ransom; which is no other than Christ the Son of God; whom Jehovah, in his infinite wisdom, found out and settled upon to be the ransomer of his people; to which he agreed, and in the fulness of time came to give his life a ransom for many, and for whom he has given himself as a ransom price, which has been testified in due time: and this ransom is for all the elect of God, and is of them from sin, Satan, law, hell, and death; and the finding of it is not of man, nor is the scheme of propitiation, peace and reconciliation by Christ, or of atonement and satisfaction (s) by the sacrifice of Christ, as the word here used signifies, an invention of men; but is the effect of infinite wisdom, and a scheme drawn in the eternal mind, and formed in Christ from everlasting; see Co2 5:19. Some take these words to be spoken by the Father to the Son, upon his appointment and agreement to be the ransomer and Redeemer, saying, "go, redeem him", &c. for so the words (t) may be rendered; and others think they are the words of the Son the messenger to his Father, the advocate with him for his people, as before observed. (s) "propitiationem", Beza, Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Bolducius, Vatablus; "expiationem", Tigurine version; "lytrum", Cocceius; "satisfactionem", Schmidt. (t) "redime eum", Pagninus, Montanus &c.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
33:24 The ransom is ultimately found in Christ (Matt 20:28; Rom 3:24-25; 1 Tim 2:6; 1 Pet 1:18-19).