Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

to bring back his soul from the Pit; to light him with the light of life."

New American Standard Bible

To bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

King James Version

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

Holman Bible

in order to turn him back from the Pit,
so he may shine with the light of life.

A Conservative Version

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

American Standard Version

To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Amplified


To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],
That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Julia Smith Translation

To turn back his soul from the pit, to enlighten with the light of the living.

King James 2000

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of life.

Lexham Expanded Bible

to bring his life back from [the] pit {so that he may enjoy the light of life}.

Modern King James verseion

to bring back his soul from the Pit, to be lighted with the light of the living.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that he keepeth his soul from perishing, and letteth him enjoy the light of the living.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

The Emphasized Bible

To bring back his soul from the pit, to enlighten with the light of the living.

Webster

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

World English Bible

to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Youngs Literal Translation

To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
To bring back
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

from the pit
שׁחת 
Shachath 
Usage: 23

to be enlightened
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 42

with the light
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

References

Morish

Pit

Context Readings

A Third Way God Warns People

29 Indeed God does all these things again and again with a person 30 to bring back his soul from the Pit; to light him with the light of life." 31 "Job, pay attention! Listen to me! Be silent and let me speak.



Cross References

Psalm 56:13

For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living! To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "Do Not Destroy," when he fled from Saul into a cave.

Job 33:24

to show favor to him and to plead, "Deliver him from having to go down to the Pit I know where his ransom is!'

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit; my life will see the light.'

Psalm 40:1-2

I waited expectantly for the LORD, and he took notice of me and heard my cry.

Psalm 118:17-18

I will not die, but I will live to recount the deeds of the LORD.

Isaiah 2:5

"You house of Jacob! Come! Let's live in the LORD's light.

Isaiah 38:17

Yes, it was for my own good that I suffered extreme anguish. But in love you have held back my life from the Pit in which it has been confined; you have tossed all my sins behind your back.

John 8:12

Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Acts 26:18

You will help them understand and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that their sins will be forgiven and they will receive a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

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