“Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.”
Let his flesh become fresher than in youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor, describing the restoration that follows divine rescue, suggesting that the saved sufferer experiences renewal and return to health. The freshness of flesh suggests physical renewal. The return to youthful vigor suggests complete restoration. The verse depicts the restoration that follows divine mercy.
Church Fathers on Job 33:24
If there shall be an Angel, speaking for him one of like things to shew the righteousness of man, he will pity him. For who is this Angel, but He who is called by the Prophet, The Angel of mighty counsel? [Is. 9, lxx.] For because to declare is called “evangelize” in Greek, the Lord in announcing Himself to us is called ‘Angel.’ And he well says, If there shall be a messenger speaking for him; because, as the Apostle says, He even intercedes for us. But let us hear what he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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