Passage Research
Job 33 — Sermon Preparation
Elihu addresses Job directly, arguing that God does speak — through dreams and through suffering — to turn man back from the pit. Below is a research summary for Job 33, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 33
- verses
- 246 / 151
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Job 33 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שַׁחַת | shachath | H7845 | 5 | pit, destruction |
| חַי | chay | H2416 | 5 | alive, raw |
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 5 | breathing creature, animal |
| אֵל | ʼêl | H410 | 4 | strength, mighty |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 5 | turn, return |
| מִלָּה | millâh | H4405 | 3 | word, discourse |
| אוֹר | ʼôwr | H215 | 3 | illumination, luminary |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Job 33, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God often afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will be of great use for our getting good from sickness, in and by which God speaks to men. Pain is the fruit of sin; yet, by the grace of God, the pain of the body is often made a means of good to the soul. When afflictions have done their work, they shall be removed. A ransom or propitiation is found. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 33:19–28 (Public Domain)
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