Job 33:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:22 : 22 He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
  • Job 33:22 : 22 And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.
  • Job 33:24 : 24 And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
  • Job 33:30 : 30 Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.
  • Acts 16:27-33 : 27 And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away. 28 But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here. 29 And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas, 30 And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation? 31 And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation. 32 And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?
  • 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.
  • 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;

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    28He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

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    17In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;

  • Job 33:19-22
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    19Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

    20He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;

    21His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...

    22And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.

  • Job 33:30
    76%

    30Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.

  • Ps 33:19
    75%

    19To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

  • Job 5:20
    74%

    20When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

  • Ps 30:3
    73%

    3O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • Prov 24:11
    73%

    11Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

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    22He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

  • Job 36:18
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  • Job 20:13
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    13Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Job 33:24-25
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    72%

    24And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

    25Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;

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    16He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

  • Job 14:13
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    13If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

  • Job 24:22
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    22But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

  • Job 5:15
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    15But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.

  • Job 30:24
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    24Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?

  • Ezek 18:27
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    27Again, when the evil-doer, turning away from the evil he has done, does what is ordered and right, he will have life for his soul.

  • Ps 118:18
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    18The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

  • Ps 41:2
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  • Job 13:14-15
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    14I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

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  • Prov 28:17
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    17One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

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    13Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.

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    15But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

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    32He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.

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    24Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

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    30He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

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    7The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

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