Job 33:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ That He may withdraw man from his purpose and cut off pride from him [disgusting him with his own disappointing self-sufficiency].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man;

Common English Bible

¹⁷ to turn them from a deed and to smother human pride.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ so that he may divert a man from the things that he is doing, and may free him from pride,

Job 33:17 Cross References

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

Genesis 20:6

And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

2 Chronicles 32:25

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Job 17:11

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the droughts of my heart.

Job 33:16

Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

Job 33:18

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword

Ecclesiastes 8:6

for to every purpose there is a time and judgement; because the misery of man is great upon him:

Isaiah 2:11

The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 23:9

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

Hosea 2:6

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will make a fence against her, that she shall not find her paths.

Matthew 27:19

And while he was sitting on the judgement-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

2 Corinthians 12:7

And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the Revelation--wherefore, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.