Parallel Verses

Webster

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

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.

International Standard Version

to bring back his soul from the Pit; to light him 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.

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 Lo, all these things God often worketh with man, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken to me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Cross References

Psalm 56:13

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt thou not deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Job 33:24

Then he is gracious to him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

Job 33:28

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

Psalm 40:1-2

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.

Psalm 118:17-18

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

Isaiah 2:5

O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

Isaiah 38:17

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Acts 26:18

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.

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