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Elihu Rebukes Job

Job 33:30

In 11 translations

BSB
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
KJV
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
WEB
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
ASV
To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
LSV
To bring back his soul from the pit, || To be enlightened with the light of the living.
YLT
To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
DBY
To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
DRC
That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.
GNV
That he may turne backe his soule from the pit, to be illuminate in the light of the liuing.
JPS
To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
LXXE
And he has delivered my soul from death, that my life may praise him in the light.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לְהָשִׁ֣יב נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁ֑חַת לֵ֝א֗וֹר בְּא֣וֹר הַֽחַיִּים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐῤῥύσατο τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ θανάτου, ἵνα ἡ ζωή μου ἐν φωτὶ αἰνῇ αὐτόν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
  • Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
  • Psalms 40:1–2I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
  • Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
  • Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
  • Job 33:24to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
  • John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  • Psalms 118:17–18I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done. The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
  • Isaiah 2:5Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.

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