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Job 33:17

PrideRepentance

15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

16 He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,

18 to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

19 A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

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BSB
to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
KJV
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
WEB
that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
ASV
That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, And hide pride from man;
DARBY
That he may withdraw man [from his] work, and hide pride from man.
BLB
to turn aside a man from his doing, and to conceal pride from a man.
ÅB
for å få mennesket til å la sin gjerning fare og for å utrydde overmotet hos mannen,
OTB
for å vende en person fra ugjerning
og for å holde dem fra stolthet,
B1930
for å få mennesket til å la sin gjerning fare og for å utrydde overmotet hos mannen,

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Cross references

  • James 4:10

    Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

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  • Isaiah 2:11

    The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:25

    But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

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  • Genesis 20:6

    Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

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  • Matthew 27:19

    While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:7

    or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

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  • Job 17:11

    My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:16

    He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

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