Job 33:17

Job 33:17 Meaning and Explanation

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

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God’s purpose in speaking is to turn a person away from a harmful course and to keep pride from them.

What Does Job 33:17 Mean?

Elihu names the aim of all this divine address: redemption, not cruelty. God speaks to pull a person back from a destructive intention and to strip away the pride that blinds and ruins.

How merciful that God would interrupt us before our own choices destroy us. Pride is named as the deepest danger, the thing God lovingly hides from us by humbling us. Every warning, even an unwelcome one, can be an act of rescue meant to spare us from ourselves.

Job 33:17 in the Original Language

gevah (גֵּוָה), 'pride' -- arrogant self-exaltation that God acts to remove.

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What does Job 33:17 mean?

God’s purpose in speaking is to turn a person away from a harmful course and to keep pride from them.

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