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Elihu’s Appeal to Job[a]

29 “Indeed, God does all these things,
twice, three times, in his dealings[b] with a person,
30 to turn back his life from the place of corruption,
that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:29 sn Elihu will repeat these instructions for Job to listen, over and over in painful repetition. See note on the heading to 32:1.
  2. Job 33:29 tn The phrase “in his dealings” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

29 Indeed God does all these things
    again and again[a] with a person
30 to bring back his soul from the Pit;[b]
    to light him with the light of life.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:29 Lit. things twice, three times
  2. Job 33:30 I.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife