King James Version
Job 33:26 in the King James Version says “He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto ...” — study this verse from Job chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.”
Job 33:26 · KJV
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. a ransom: or, an atonement
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: a child's: Heb. childhood
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He: or, He shall look upon men, and say
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. He: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He shall pray”
H6279to burn incense in worship, i.e., intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)
“and he will be favourable”
H7521to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
“unto him and he shall see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“his face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“with joy”
H8643clamor, i.e., acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarum
“for he will render”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“unto man”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
“his righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
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