Job

Job 33:27–28

²⁷Then he sings before^b men

with these words:

‘I have sinned and perverted what was right;

yet I did not get what I deserved.

²⁸He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,

and I will live to see the light.’

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then he sings	יָשֹׁ֤ר׀	yā·šōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H7789 behold, regard
before	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
men	אֲנָשִׁ֗ים	’ă·nā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H582 man, mankind
with these words	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I have sinned	חָ֭טָאתִי	ḥā·ṭā·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H2398 miss
and perverted	הֶעֱוֵ֗יתִי	he·‘ĕ·wê·ṯî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H5753 bend, twist
what was right	וְיָשָׁ֥ר	wə·yā·šār	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H3477 straight, right
yet I did not	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
get what I deserved	שָׁ֥וָה	šā·wāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7737 be even, smooth

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He redeemed	פָּדָ֣ה	pā·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6299 ransom
my soul	נַפְשִׁי	nap̄·šī	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
from going down	מֵעֲבֹ֣ר	mê·‘ă·ḇōr	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
to the Pit	בַּשָּׁ֑חַת	baš·šā·ḥaṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H7845 pit
and I will live	וְחַיָּתִי	wə·ḥay·yå̄·ṯī	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
to see	תִּרְאֶֽה׃	tir·’eh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7200 see
the light	בָּא֥וֹר	bā·’ō·wr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H216 light

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 33:27 Romans 6:21 · 2 Samuel 12:13 · Psalm 14:2 · Matthew 16:26 · Romans 7:22 · 1 John 1:8–10 · Jeremiah 31:18–19 · Luke 18:13 · 2 Chronicles 16:9 · Psalm 19:7–8 · Jeremiah 3:13 · Psalm 139:1–4

Job 33:28 Job 33:24 · Job 3:16 · Job 3:9 · Job 33:22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.