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Job 33:27

Job 33:27 is verse 27 of Job chapter 33, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Or Then he looks upon

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King James Version

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

World English Bible

He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

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Job 33:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible

25 then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.

26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

27 Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

29 Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 16:13

So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”

Psalms 11:4

The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

Psalms 14:2

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

Psalms 139:1

O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

Psalms 139:2

You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

Psalms 139:3

You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.

Psalms 139:4

Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

Proverbs 5:21

For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.

Jeremiah 23:24

“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

Job 7:20

If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You ?

Numbers 12:11

and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

2 Samuel 12:13

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

Jeremiah 3:13

Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.

Jeremiah 31:19

After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

Luke 15:18

I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

Luke 15:19

I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’

Luke 15:20

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

Luke 15:21

The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Luke 15:22

But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

1 John 1:8

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:10

If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Psalms 19:7

The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

Psalms 19:8

The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

Psalms 119:128

Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.

Romans 7:12

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Romans 7:13

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

Romans 7:16

And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

Romans 7:22

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

Job 34:9

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

Matthew 16:26

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Romans 6:21

What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

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