Job 33:26

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.”

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BSBPD

“He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 33:26 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 6:25may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
  2. 1 Samuel 26:23May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
  3. 2 Kings 20:2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
  4. 2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
  5. 2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
  6. Job 19:27I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
  7. Job 22:26Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
  8. Job 34:11For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
  9. Job 34:28They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
  10. Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
  11. Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
  12. Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
  13. Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
  14. Psalms 18:20The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
  15. Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
  16. Psalms 28:6Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.
  17. Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
  18. Psalms 30:7O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
  19. Psalms 41:8“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
  20. Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
  21. Psalms 62:12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
  22. Psalms 67:1May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
  23. Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
  24. Psalms 116:1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.

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