Job 33:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,”
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BSBPD
“to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“To turn aside man <FI>from<Fi> doing, And pride from man He concealeth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 33:17 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 20:3One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
- Genesis 20:6Then 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.
- Deuteronomy 8:16He 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.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- Job 17:11My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.
- Ecclesiastes 8:6For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
- Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isaiah 23:9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
- Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
- Matthew 27:19While 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.”
- Acts 9:2and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
- 2 Corinthians 12:7or 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.
- James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
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