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Job 33:29 Cross-References
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“Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, oftentimes: Heb. twice and thrice”
Job 33:29 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 33:29
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man (הֶן־כָּל־אֵלֶּה יִפְעַל־אֵל פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלוֹשׁ עִם־גָּבֶר, hen-kol-eleh yiphal-El pa'amayim shalosh im-gaver)—The phrase "twice, three times" (pa'amayim shalosh) is Hebrew idiom for "repeatedly" (not literally 2-3 times). The verb pa'al (פָּעַל, "to work, do") emphasizes God's active engagement. Elihu argues God repeatedly intervenes in human lives, not abandoning them to death. This counters Job's sense of divine abandonment (Job 7:19, 10:20). The noun gaver (גֶּבֶר, man/mighty man) emphasizes humanity's smallness compared to God's greatn...
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Cross-References for Job 33:29
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“for his good pleasure.”
“but the same God”
“having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;”
“working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight”
“who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.”
“striving according to his working”
“not once nor twice.”
“yes twice”
“and I will not answer; Yes”
“I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.”