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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 God certainly does all these things
two or three times to a person
30 in order to turn him back from the Pit,
so he may shine with the light of life.(A)

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