King James Version
Job 33:29 in the King James Version says “Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, oftentimes: Heb. twice and thrice” — study this verse from Job chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, oftentimes: Heb. twice and thrice”
Job 33:29 · KJV
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
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, oftentimes: Heb. twice and thrice
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Lo all these things worketh”
H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
“God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“oftentimes”
H6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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