Job 33:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 56:13 : 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.
  • Isa 38:17 : 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.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
  • Ps 118:17-18 : 17 Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord. 18 The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.
  • Isa 2:5 : 5 O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.
  • 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.
  • Ps 40:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry. 2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

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  • Job 33:28-29
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    28He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

    29Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times,

  • Ps 30:3
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    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.

  • Job 33:18
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    18To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.

  • Job 3:20-23
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    20Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

    21To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

    22Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

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

  • Isa 38:16
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    16O 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.

  • Job 33:22-26
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    22And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.

    23If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;

    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;

    26He 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;

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

  • Job 33:31
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    31Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

  • Ps 143:3
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    3The 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.

  • Ps 71:20
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    20You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

  • Job 30:23
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    23For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

  • 1 Sam 2:6
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    6The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.

  • Job 10:20-22
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    20Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

    21Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

    22A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

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

  • Ps 143:11
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    11Give me life, O Lord, because of your name; in your righteousness take my soul out of trouble.

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

  • Job 14:3
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    3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

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

  • Job 14:13-14
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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!

    14If 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.

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    9What 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?

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

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

  • Lam 3:6
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    6He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

  • Ezek 26:20
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    20Then I will make you go down with those who go down into the underworld, to the people of the past, causing your living-place to be in the deepest parts of the earth, in places long unpeopled, with those who go down into the deep, so that there will be no one living in you; and you will have no glory in the land of the living.

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    25<DALETH> My soul is joined to the dust: O give me life, in keeping with your word.

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    2By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

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    13So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.

  • Hos 13:14
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    14I 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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    3Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

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    19Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

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    4Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.

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

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    6And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

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    13Because 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 28:3
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    3Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.

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    9For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

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

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    17For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.

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    6The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.