Job 33:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 3:9 : 9 Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.
  • Job 3:16 : 16 Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.
  • Job 3:20 : 20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
  • Job 17:16 : 16 Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?
  • Job 22:28 : 28 Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.
  • Job 33:18 : 18 To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.
  • Job 33:20 : 20 He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;
  • Ps 49:19 : 19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.
  • Ps 69:15 : 15 Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.
  • Isa 38:17-18 : 17 See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory. 18 For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.
  • John 11:9 : 9 Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees 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 great deep and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years, 3 And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.

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  • Job 33:29-30
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    29 Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times,

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

  • Job 33:18
    81%

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

  • Job 33:24-27
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    79%

    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:

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

    26 He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;

    27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

  • Job 33:22
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    22 And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.

  • Job 3:20
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    20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

  • Ps 49:15
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    15 But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

  • Ezek 18:27-28
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    27 Again, 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.

    28 Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate.

  • Ps 30:3
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    3 O 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.

  • Ps 89:48
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    48 What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

  • Isa 38:15-17
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    15 What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

    16 O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.

    17 See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.

  • Ps 49:18-19
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    72%

    18 Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,

    19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.

  • Ps 30:9
    72%

    9 What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

  • Job 27:9
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    9 Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

  • Job 14:14
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    14 If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

  • Job 34:23
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    23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • Job 13:15
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    15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

  • Job 23:7
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    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 12:22
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    22 Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;

  • Job 18:5-6
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    5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

    6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

  • Job 34:21
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    21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • Ezek 3:21
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    21 But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.

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    13 Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

  • Job 22:29-30
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    29 For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

    30 He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.

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    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Mic 7:9
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    9 I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;

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    23 To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?

  • Ps 49:8-9
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    8 (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

    9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

  • Ps 33:19
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    19 To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

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    19 Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

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    26 And ... without my flesh I will see God;

  • Hos 13:14
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    14 I will give the price to make them free from the power of the underworld, I will be their saviour from death: O death! where are your pains? O underworld! where is your destruction? my eyes will have no pity.

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    8 You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

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

  • Job 29:3
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    3 When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.

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    15 If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.

  • Ps 143:3
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    3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

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    2 By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24 Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.