Job 33:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:22 : 22 He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;
  • Job 33:22 : 22 He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.
  • Job 33:24 : 24 and if God is gracious to him and says,‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’
  • Job 33:30 : 30 to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
  • Acts 16:27-33 : 27 When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul called out loudly,“Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!” 29 Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They replied,“Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house. 33 At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
  • 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
  • 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him,

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    28He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

  • Job 33:17
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    17to turn a person from his sin, and to cover a person’s pride.

  • Job 33:19-22
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    19Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

    20so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

    21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

    22He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

  • Job 33:30
    76%

    30to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

  • Ps 33:19
    75%

    19by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.

  • Job 5:20
    74%

    20In time of famine he will redeem you from death, and in time of war from the power of the sword.

  • Ps 30:3
    73%

    3O LORD, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

  • Prov 24:11
    73%

    11Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.

  • Job 15:22
    72%

    22He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

  • Job 36:18
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    18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

  • Job 20:13
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    13if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

  • Job 33:24-25
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    24and if God is gracious to him and says,‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’

    25then his flesh is restored like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor.

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    16The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

  • Job 14:13
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    13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Job 24:22
    71%

    22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

  • Job 5:15
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    15So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.

  • Job 30:24
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    24The Contrast With the Past“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

  • Ezek 18:27
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    27When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

  • Ps 118:18
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    18The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

  • Ps 41:2
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    2May the LORD protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!

  • Job 13:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

    15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

  • Prov 28:17
    71%

    17The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

  • Job 14:22
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    22His flesh only has pain for him, and he mourns for himself.”

  • Job 7:15
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    15so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.

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    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

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    16O Lord, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.’

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    13Rise up, LORD! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

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    24If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.

    25When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him.

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    15But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety.(Selah)

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    70%

    32And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,

  • Prov 15:24
    70%

    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Job 39:22
    70%

    22It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword.

  • Isa 51:14
    70%

    14The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

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    4As for the actions of people– just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.

  • Ps 89:48
    69%

    48No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.(Selah)

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    15He returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, committing no iniquity. He will certainly live– he will not die.

  • Ps 94:13
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    13in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.

  • Job 15:30
    69%

    30He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.

  • Job 16:13
    69%

    13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

  • Job 18:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.

    8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.