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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“He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 33:28 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:9May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
- Job 3:16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
- Job 3:20Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
- Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
- Job 22:28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
- Job 33:18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Job 33:20so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
- Job 33:22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
- Job 33:24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
- Psalms 49:19he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
- 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.
- Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
- Psalms 103:4who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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