Job 9:31
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31 Then You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would loathe me.
Job 33:18
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Job 33:22-24
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22 Then (A)his soul comes near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.
23 “If there is an (B)interceding angel for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a person of what is [a]right for him,
24 And he is gracious to him, and says,
‘Free him from (C)going down to the pit,
I have found a (D)ransom’;
Footnotes
- Job 33:23 Lit his uprightness
Job 33:28-30
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28 He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life will (A)see the light.’
29 “Behold, God does (B)all these things for a man two or three times,
30 To (C)bring back his soul from the pit,
So that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Genesis 37:23-24
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23 So it came about, when Joseph [a]reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the [b]multicolored tunic that was on him; 24 and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.
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- Genesis 37:23 Lit came to
- Genesis 37:23 Or full-length tunic
Psalm 7:15
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15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has (A)fallen into the hole which he made.
Psalm 40:2
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2 He brought me up out of the (A)pit of [a]destruction, out of the mud;
And (B)He set my feet on a rock, (C)making my footsteps firm.
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:2 Lit wasteland; i.e., the underworld
Isaiah 36:6
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6 Behold, you have relied on the (A)staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his [a]hand and pierce it. (B)So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
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- Isaiah 36:6 Lit palm
Jeremiah 18:22
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22 May a (A)cry be heard from their houses
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
(B)For they have dug a pit to capture me
And (C)hidden snares for my feet.
2 Peter 2:4
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4 For (A)if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into [a]hell and (B)committed them to [b]pits of darkness, held for judgment;
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- 2 Peter 2:4 Gr Tartarus, a name used as a reference to the netherworld (hell)
- 2 Peter 2:4 One early ms chains of darkness
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