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yet I did not get what I deserved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/33.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He looketh upon men, and <i>if any</i> say, I have sinned, and perverted <i>that which was</i> right, and it profited me not;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/33.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then he looks at men and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted <i>what was</i> right, And it did not profit me.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/33.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“He will sing to people and say, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/33.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He will sing to men and say, &#8216I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/33.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He will sing to men and say, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/33.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He will sing to men and say, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, But He has not done what is due to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/33.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“He sings out to other men, ‘I have sinned and perverted that which was right, And it was not proper for me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/33.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will look at men and say, “I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/33.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will look at men and say, &#8220I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/33.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/33.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When that happens, we tell everyone, "I sinned and did wrong, but God forgave me <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/33.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/33.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Each one sings in front of other people and says, 'I sinned and did wrong instead of what was right, and it did me no good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/33.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/33.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"He'll sing to mankind with these words: 'I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/33.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he sings before men with these words: ?I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/33.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/33.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/33.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He looketh upon men, and if any shall say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/33.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/33.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />[Then] he looks on men and says, "" I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, "" And it has not been profitable to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/33.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/33.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He will look upon men, and he shall say, I sinned, and I perverted the right, and it was not fitting to me;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/33.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He shall look upon men, and shall say : I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/33.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He will consider mankind, and he will say: “I have sinned and truly I have offended, yet I was not treated as I deserved.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/33.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He shall sing before all and say, “I sinned and did wrong, yet I was not punished accordingly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/33.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />That person sings to others and says, ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/33.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the uprightness will bear witness concerning the man; and he shall say, I have truly sinned and I am at fault; and it profiteth me not;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/33.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Uprightness will speak concerning a man, and he will say: ‘I have sinned, and truly I have offended, and my soul has not prospered <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/33.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He cometh before men, and saith: 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/33.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/33-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=5133" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/33.htm">Elihu Rebukes Job</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7789.htm" title="7789: yā·šōr (V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To behold, regard. A primitive root; to spy out, i.e. survey, lurk for, care for.">Then he sings</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’ă·nā·šîm (N-mp) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">men</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">with these words:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ḥā·ṭā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">‘I have sinned</a> <a href="/hebrew/5753.htm" title="5753: he·‘ĕ·wê·ṯî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To bend, twist. A primitive root; to crook, literally or figuratively.">and perverted</a> <a href="/hebrew/3477.htm" title="3477: wə·yā·šār (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- Straight, right. From yashar; straight.">what was right;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">yet I did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7737.htm" title="7737: šā·wāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to level, i.e. Equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust.">get what I deserved.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- "></a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Psalm 32:5</a></span><br />Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-13.htm">Proverbs 28:13</a></span><br />He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16</a></span><br />Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-21.htm">Luke 15:21</a></span><br />The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a></span><br />Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13</a></span><br />Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-2</a></span><br />Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-6.htm">Matthew 3:6</a></span><br />Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/19-18.htm">Acts 19:18</a></span><br />Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-9.htm">Romans 10:9-10</a></span><br />that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. / For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-3.htm">Psalm 51:3-4</a></span><br />For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. / Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-4.htm">Daniel 9:4-5</a></span><br />And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-33.htm">1 Kings 8:33-34</a></span><br />When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple, / then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He looks on men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;</p><p class="hdg">looketh, etc.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/16-13.htm">Genesis 16:13</a></b></br> And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/16-9.htm">2 Chronicles 16:9</a></b></br> For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of <i>them</i> whose heart <i>is</i> perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/11-4.htm">Psalm 11:4</a></b></br> The LORD <i>is</i> in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne <i>is</i> in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.</p><p class="hdg">I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-20.htm">Job 7:20</a></b></br> I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/12-11.htm">Numbers 12:11</a></b></br> And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/12-13.htm">2 Samuel 12:13</a></b></br> And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.</p><p class="hdg">perverted</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-8.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:8</a></b></br> If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for <i>he that is</i> higher than the highest regardeth; and <i>there be</i> higher than they.</p><p class="hdg">right</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/19-7.htm">Psalm 19:7,8</a></b></br> The law of the LORD <i>is</i> perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD <i>is</i> sure, making wise the simple… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-128.htm">Psalm 119:128</a></b></br> Therefore I esteem all <i>thy</i> precepts <i>concerning</i> all <i>things to be</i> right; <i>and</i> I hate every false way.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/7-12.htm">Romans 7:12-14,16,22</a></b></br> Wherefore the law <i>is</i> holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good… </p><p class="hdg">it profited</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/34-9.htm">Job 34:9</a></b></br> For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm">Jeremiah 2:8</a></b></br> The priests said not, Where <i>is</i> the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after <i>things that</i> do not profit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/16-26.htm">Matthew 16:26</a></b></br> For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/9-16.htm">Deserved</a> <a href="/job/33-26.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-27.htm">Perverted</a> <a href="/job/30-13.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/job/22-2.htm">Profitable</a> <a href="/job/21-15.htm">Profited</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-13.htm">Proper</a> <a href="/ezra/9-13.htm">Requited</a> <a href="/job/31-2.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/job/33-23.htm">Right</a> <a href="/job/33-9.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/job/29-13.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/judges/5-1.htm">Singeth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-32.htm">Sings</a> <a href="/job/24-19.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/job/30-9.htm">Song</a> <a href="/job/10-19.htm">Straight</a> <a href="/job/23-11.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/job/33-23.htm">Uprightness</a> <a href="/job/33-14.htm">Way</a> <a href="/job/33-12.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/12-48.htm">Deserved</a> <a href="/job/34-7.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-12.htm">Perverted</a> <a href="/job/34-9.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-14.htm">Profitable</a> <a href="/psalms/44-12.htm">Profited</a> <a href="/psalms/104-27.htm">Proper</a> <a href="/psalms/7-4.htm">Requited</a> <a href="/job/34-11.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/job/34-4.htm">Right</a> <a href="/job/33-32.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/psalms/5-11.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/psalms/51-14.htm">Singeth</a> <a href="/psalms/71-23.htm">Sings</a> <a href="/job/35-3.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/job/36-24.htm">Song</a> <a href="/psalms/5-8.htm">Straight</a> <a href="/job/36-21.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/psalms/9-8.htm">Uprightness</a> <a href="/job/34-8.htm">Way</a> <a href="/job/34-10.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Job 33</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/33-1.htm">Elihu offers himself instead of God to reason with Job</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/33-8.htm">He excuses God from giving man an account of his ways, by his greatness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/33-14.htm">God calls man to repentance by visions, by afflictions, and by his ministry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/33-31.htm">He incites Job to attention</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/33.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/33.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then he sings before men with these words:</b><br>This phrase suggests a public declaration or testimony. In the context of Job, Elihu is speaking about how a person who has been disciplined by God and restored might respond. Singing before men indicates a communal aspect, where the individual shares their experience with others, possibly as a form of worship or testimony. This reflects the biblical principle of confessing and sharing God's works with others, as seen in <a href="/psalms/40-3.htm">Psalm 40:3</a>, where a new song is put in the mouth of the redeemed, leading many to see and fear the Lord.<p><b>‘I have sinned and perverted what was right;</b><br>This confession acknowledges personal sin and wrongdoing. The use of "perverted" indicates a deliberate twisting or distortion of what is right, aligning with the biblical understanding of sin as a deviation from God's standards. This mirrors the confessions found in Psalms, such as <a href="/psalms/51.htm">Psalm 51</a>, where David acknowledges his sin before God. Theologically, this reflects the necessity of recognizing one's sinfulness as a step towards repentance and restoration.<p><b>yet I did not get what I deserved.</b><br>This phrase highlights the concept of divine mercy and grace. Biblically, the wages of sin is death (<a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>), yet here, the individual acknowledges that they have not received the full punishment their sins warrant. This is a profound expression of God's grace, which is a central theme throughout Scripture. It also foreshadows the ultimate expression of grace through Jesus Christ, who took upon Himself the punishment for sin, allowing believers to receive mercy instead of judgment. This aligns with the message of <a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a>, emphasizing salvation as a gift of grace, not earned by works.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/elihu.htm">Elihu</a></b><br>A young man who speaks to Job and his friends, offering a different perspective on Job's suffering. He emphasizes God's justice and mercy.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A righteous man who suffers immense trials and questions God's justice. His account is central to understanding suffering and divine sovereignty.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate authority and judge, whose ways and thoughts are higher than human understanding. He is portrayed as just and merciful.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/repentance.htm">Repentance</a></b><br>The act of acknowledging sin and turning away from it, which is a key theme in Elihu's discourse.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/divine_mercy.htm">Divine Mercy</a></b><br>The concept that God, in His mercy, does not always give people the punishment they deserve for their sins.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledgment_of_sin.htm">Acknowledgment of Sin</a></b><br>Recognize the importance of admitting our wrongdoings as the first step towards reconciliation with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy.htm">God's Mercy</a></b><br>Understand that God's mercy often spares us from the full consequences of our sins, which should lead us to gratitude and humility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_leads_to_restoration.htm">Repentance Leads to Restoration</a></b><br>Embrace the process of repentance as a pathway to spiritual restoration and renewed relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/public_testimony.htm">Public Testimony</a></b><br>Consider the value of sharing personal testimonies of God's mercy and forgiveness as a witness to others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_and_grace.htm">Divine Justice and Grace</a></b><br>Reflect on the balance of God's justice and grace, and how it should influence our view of sin and forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_33.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 33</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_we_affect_the_end_times'_timing.htm">Has the righteous ever been forsaken?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job's_innocence_fit_with_sin.htm">If Job's firm claim of innocence in Job 27:5-6 is correct, how do we reconcile this with Biblical teachings on universal human sin (e.g., Romans 3:23)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_eliphaz_claim_innocents_don't_perish.htm">In Job 4:7, how could Eliphaz assert that no innocent person has ever perished when history shows countless examples of righteous people suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_bildad_blame_job's_kids'_deaths.htm">How can Bildad confidently claim (Job 8:2-4) that Job's children must have sinned to deserve death, when other passages suggest righteous people can suffer unjustly?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/33.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">He looketh upon men, and if any say.--</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">He looketh upon men, and saith, I have sinned, &c.: </span>that is the confession of the restored sinner. Some render it, <span class= "ital">He shall sing before men, </span>but hardly so probably or appropriately.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/33.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He looketh upon men</span>; rather, he (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> the restored penitent) <span class="accented">singeth before men</span>. He is jubilant, and confesses his former offences with a light heart, feeling that now he is pardoned and restored to God's favour. And if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right. This is altogether a mistranslation. The construction of the Hebrew is simple enough, and runs thus: <span class="accented">And he</span> (the penitent) <span class="accented">saith</span>, <span class="accented">I have sinned and perverted that which was right.</span> And it profited me not; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "I gained nothing by my transgressions - they brought me us advantage." Compare St. Paul's inquiry (<a href="/romans/6-21.htm">Romans 6:21</a>), "What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?" Some, however, translate, "And it was not requited to me," which also gives a good meaning° <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/33-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then he will sing</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשֹׁ֤ר ׀</span> <span class="translit">(yā·šōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7789.htm">Strong's 7789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spy out, survey, lurk for, care for</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">men</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנָשִׁ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> </span><span class="str2">Man, mankind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with these words:</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֗אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘I have sinned</span><br /><span class="heb">חָ֭טָאתִי</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ṭā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and perverted</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶעֱוֵ֗יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ĕ·wê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5753.htm">Strong's 5753: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bend, twist</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what was right;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָשָׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·šār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3477.htm">Strong's 3477: </a> </span><span class="str2">Straight, right</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yet I did not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">get what I deserved.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֥וָה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7737.htm">Strong's 7737: </a> </span><span class="str2">To level, equalize, to resemble, to adjust</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/33-27.htm">Job 33:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/33-27.htm">OT Poetry: Job 33:27 He sings before men and says 'I (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/33-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 33:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 33:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/33-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 33:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 33:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>