Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Apodosis to Job 33:23.
he--God.
Deliver--literally, "redeem"; in it and "ransom" there is reference to the consideration, on account of which God pardons and relieves the sufferers; here it is primarily the intercession of Elihu. But the language is too strong for its full meaning to be exhausted by this. The Holy Ghost has suggested language which receives its full realization only in the "eternal redemption found" by God in the price paid by Jesus Christ for it; that is, His blood and meritorious intercession (Hebrews 9:12). "Obtained," literally, "found"; implying the earnest zeal, wisdom, and faithfulness of the finder, and the newness and joyousness of the finding. Jesus Christ could not but have found it, but still His seeking it was needed [BENGEL], (Luke 15:8). God the Father, is the Finder (Psalms 89:19). Jesus Christ the Redeemer, to whom He saith, Redeem (so Hebrew) him from going, etc. (2 Corinthians 5:19).
ransom--used in a general sense by Elihu, but meant by the Holy Ghost in its strict sense as applied to Jesus Christ, of a price paid for deliverance (Exodus 21:30), an atonement (that is, means of selling at once, that is, reconciling "two" who are estranged), a covering, as of the ark with pitch, typical of what covers us sinners from wrath (Genesis 6:14; Psalms 32:1). The pit is primarily here the grave (Isaiah 38:17), but the spiritual pit is mainly shadowed forth (Zechariah 9:11).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Job 32:2
Job 33:4
Job 33:28
Job 35:10-13
Job 36:15
Job 36:18
Proverbs 28:17
Haggai 2:7
Hebrews 4:16
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