His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
Effects of restoration to God's favour; literally, to Job a temporal revival; spiritually, an eternal regeneration. The striking words cannot be restricted to their temporal meaning as used by Elihu (1 Peter 1:11-12).
Fresher than a child's. So Naaman, 2 Kings 5:14; spiritually, John 3:3-7.
Verse 26. Job shall no longer pray to God, as he complains, in vain (Job 23:3; Job 23:8-9). True especially to the redeemed in Jesus Christ (John 16:23-27).
He (Job) shall see his face - or God shall make him to see his face (Maurer). The Hebrew will suit either case. God shall no longer "hide his face" (Job 13:24). True to the believer now, John 14:21-22; eternally, Psalms 17:15; John 17:24.
His (God's) righteousness - God will again make the restored Job no longer ("I perverted ... right," Job 33:27.) doubt God's justice, but to justify Him in His dealings. Literally, "He restores to man His righteousness" - i:e., the recognition of His righteousness, both in His past dealings, as also in His present acceptance of the sinner on repentance and faith. God's righteousness is magnified in the penitent believer's salvation. The penitent justifies God (Psalms 51:4). So the believer is made to see God's righteousness in Jesus Christ (Isaiah 45:24, "In the Lord have I righteousness and strength;" Isaiah 46:13).
Verse 27. He looketh - God. But Umbreit, 'Now he (the restored penitent) singeth joyfully (answering to "joy," Job 33:26; Psalms 51:12) before men, and saith,' etc. (Proverbs 25:20; Psalms 66:16, "Come and hear all ye that fear God, and I will declare what He hath done for my soul;" Psalms 116:14) х yaashor (H7789), from shuwr (H7788) or shiyr (H7891), to sing]. The English version, however, is good Hebrew and good sense, Job 33:28 forming the apodosis, "If any say I have sinned ... (then) He (God) will deliver his (that man's) soul," etc.
Perverted - made the straight crooked: as Job had misrepresented God's character.
Profited, х shaawaah (H7737) liy (H3807a)] - literally, it was not made even to me: 'My punishment was not commensurate with my sin;' (so Zophar, Job 11:6, "God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth"); the reverse of what Job heretofore said (Job 16:17; Psalms 103:10; Ezra 9:13).
Verse 28. (Note, Job 33:24). The Kethibh, or Hebrew text (the English version reads as the Hebrew margin, Qeri', 'HIS soul, HIS life'), is, 'He hath delivered MY soul, etc., MY life' х napshow (H5315) ... chayaatow (H2416)] (Qeri'): х napshiy (H5315) ... chayaatiy (H2416)] (Kethibh). The Kethibh is the continuation of the penitent's testimony to the people, according to Umbreit's view (Job 33:27).
Light - (Job 33:30; Job 3:16; Job 3:20; Psalms 56:13, "Thou hast delivered my soul from death, that I may walk before God in the light of the living;" Ecclesiastes 11:7).