KJV King James Version
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
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Job 33:24
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’
WEB World English Bible
then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
ASV American Standard Version
Then God is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Then He doth favour him and saith, ‘Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.’
Surrounding context — Job 33
21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones [that] were not seen stick out.
22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
27 He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;
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Psalm 49:7-8None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:Job 33:18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.1 Peter 1:18-19Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.Romans 5:20-21Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:Micah 7:18-20Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.Hosea 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.Zechariah 9:11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water.Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.1 Timothy 2:6Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.Exodus 33:19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.Romans 3:24-26Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:Psalm 86:15But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.Psalm 86:13For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.Job 36:10-11He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.Psalm 40:2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.Job 36:18Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.Exodus 34:6-7And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
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