Job 33:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פָּדָ֣ה *נפשי **נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מֵעֲבֹ֣ר בַּשָּׁ֑חַת *וחיתי **וְ֝חַיָּתוֹ בָּא֥וֹר תִּרְאֶֽה׃

Transliteration

pādâ napšô mē'ăbōr baššāḥat wəḥayyātô bā'ôr tir'eh

Grammar Details

*pādâ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has redeemed
*napšô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul
*mē'ăbōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - from passing
*baššāḥat*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the pit
*wəḥayyātô*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his life
*bā'ôr*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the light
*tir'eh*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she will see

Word Meanings

*pādâ*: he has redeemed/he has ransomed/he has rescued
*napšô*: his soul/his life/his being
*mē'ăbōr*: from passing/from going
*šāḥat*: pit/grave/corruption
*ḥayyātô*: his life/his living being/his existence
*ʾôr*: light/daylight/illumination
*tir'eh*: will see/will behold/will look upon

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 33:22 : 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
Job 33:24 : 24 Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
Job 3:9 : 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:
Job 3:16 : 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
Job 3:20 : 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 17:16 : 16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
Job 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.
Job 33:18 : 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 33:20 : 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.
Ps 49:19 : 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
Ps 69:15 : 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Isa 9:2 : 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isa 38:17-18 : 17 Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. 18 For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
John 11:9 : 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut [it], {G2808} and sealed [it] over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: {G2532} after this he must be loosed for a little time.

Similar Verses (AI)

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