Job 33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
KJV
Liberavit animam suam, ne pergeret in interitum, sed vivens lucem videret.
Vulgate
σῶσον ψυχήν μου τοῦ μὴ ἐλθεῖν εἰς διαφθοράν, καὶ ἡ ζωή μου φῶς ὄψεται.
LXX
He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
ASV
פָּדָ֣ה נפש/י נַ֭פְשׁ/וֹ מֵ/עֲבֹ֣ר בַּ/שָּׁ֑חַת ו/חית/י וְ֝/חַיָּת/וֹ בָּ/א֥וֹר תִּרְאֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 752×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ם
m
verb · 57×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
שַּׁ֣חַת
shcht
noun · 22×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 3:10 — For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
- Eccl 11:7 — Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
- Job 3:9 — Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
- Job 3:16 — Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
- Job 33:18 — He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Job 33:22 — Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
- Job 33:22 — Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
- Job 33:24 — Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
- Job 33:30 — To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
- John 3:36 — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
- Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
- Ps 107:20 — He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.