Job 33:24 · KJV
“Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. {a ransom: or, an atonement}”
— Job 33:24
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: {a child's: Heb. childhood}
Job 33 — Context
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. {a ransom: or, an atonement}
25His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: {a child's: Heb. childhood}
26He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Cross References
Psalms 49:7-8
None {of them} can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
1 Peter 1:18-19
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, {as} silver and gold, from your vain conversation {received} by tradition from your fathers;
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Job 33:18
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. {from perishing: Heb. from passing}
Zechariah 9:11
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein {is} no water. {by...: or, whose covenant is by blood}
Exodus 33:19
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
Micah 7:18-20
Who {is} a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth {in} mercy.
1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. {to...: or, a testimony}