Job 33:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 3:9 : 9 Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,
  • Job 3:16 : 16 Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?
  • Job 3:20 : 20 Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,
  • Job 17:16 : 16 Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”
  • Job 22:28 : 28 Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
  • Job 33:18 : 18 He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.
  • Job 33:20 : 20 so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.
  • Ps 49:19 : 19 But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
  • Ps 69:15 : 15 Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 (9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.
  • Isa 38:17-18 : 17 “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight. 18 Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
  • John 11:9 : 9 Jesus replied,“Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
  • Rev 20:1-3 : 1 The Thousand Year Reign Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain. 2 He seized the dragon– the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan– and tied him up for a thousand years. 3 The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished.(After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 33:29-30
    2 verses
    85%

    29Elihu’s Appeal to Job“Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings with a person,

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

  • Job 33:18
    81%

    18He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.

  • Job 33:24-27
    4 verses
    79%

    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.

    26He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God’s face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness.

    27That person sings to others, saying:‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

  • Job 33:22
    75%

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

  • Job 3:20
    75%

    20Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

  • Ps 49:15
    75%

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

  • Ezek 18:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

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

    28Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

  • Ps 30:3
    73%

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

  • Ps 89:48
    73%

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

  • Isa 38:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

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

    17“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

  • Ps 49:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive:“May men praise you, for you have done well!”

    19But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

  • Ps 30:9
    72%

    9“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

  • Job 27:9
    72%

    9Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?

  • Job 14:14
    71%

    14If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

  • Job 34:23
    71%

    23For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

  • Job 13:15
    71%

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

  • Job 23:7
    71%

    7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Job 12:22
    71%

    22He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.

  • Job 18:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

  • Job 34:21
    71%

    21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

  • Ezek 3:21
    70%

    21However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

  • Ps 56:13
    70%

    13when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.

  • Job 22:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29When people are brought low and you say‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;

    30he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape through the cleanness of your hands.”

  • Job 14:3
    70%

    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • Mic 7:9
    70%

    9I must endure the LORD’s fury, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will witness his deliverance.

  • Job 3:23
    70%

    23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?

  • Ps 49:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

    9so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

  • Ps 33:19
    70%

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

  • Job 8:19
    70%

    19Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.

  • Job 19:26
    70%

    26And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

  • Hos 13:14
    70%

    14The Lord Will Not Relent from the Threatened Judgment Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!

  • Ps 116:8
    70%

    8Yes, LORD, you rescued my life from death, kept my eyes from tears and my feet from stumbling.

  • Job 30:24
    70%

    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.

  • Job 29:3
    70%

    3when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

  • Ezek 33:15
    70%

    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 143:3
    70%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

  • Lam 3:2
    70%

    2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.

  • Prov 15:24
    70%

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

  • Eccl 5:20
    69%

    20For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.