Job 33:24 Meaning and Explanation
“Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.”
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Read Full Chapter →Then God is gracious to that person and says, Deliver him from the pit, for I have found a ransom.
What Does Job 33:24 Mean?
This is the hinge of the whole chapter. At the mediator’s word, God answers with grace, commanding that the dying soul be spared and declaring the ground of that rescue: a ransom has been found.
Mercy here rests not on the sufferer’s worthiness but on a ransom provided from outside. A price is found that buys back a life headed for the grave. The whole gospel breathes in this line, for the deliverance of the helpless turns on a ransom God Himself supplies, fully given in the One who came to give His life a ransom for many.
Job 33:24 in the Original Language
kopher (כֹּפֶר), 'ransom' -- the price paid to redeem a life from death.
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What does Job 33:24 mean?
Then God is gracious to that person and says, Deliver him from the pit, for I have found a ransom.