King James Version
Job 33:30 in the King James Version says “To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.” — study this verse from Job chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.”
Job 33:30 · KJV
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.
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“To bring back”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“his soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“to be enlightened”
H215to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
“with the light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“of the living”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
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