Job 33:28

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’”

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BSBPD

“He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 33:28 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 3:9May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
  2. Job 3:16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
  3. Job 3:20Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
  4. Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
  5. Job 22:28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
  6. Job 33:18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
  7. Job 33:20so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
  8. Job 33:22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
  9. Job 33:24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
  10. Psalms 49:19he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
  11. Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
  12. Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
  13. Psalms 103:4who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
  14. Isaiah 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
  15. Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
  16. John 11:9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
  17. Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

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