Job 33:28

Modern

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

Traditional

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Literal

He has ransomed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life shall look on the light.’

Latin

Liberavit animam suam, ne pergeret in interitum, sed vivens lucem videret.

Hebrew

English

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

Theme notes and profiles

Job 33:24
…to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
Job 3:9
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Job 33:22
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
Job 3:16
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
Psalm 49:19
…he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
Revelation 20:1–3
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
Job 33:20
…so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
Job 33:18
…to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Job 3:20
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Isaiah 38:17–18
Surely 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.
John 11:9
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.