33:18 He spares a person’s life from corruption, 1
his very life from crossing over 2 the river.
33:24 and if 3 God 4 is gracious to him and says,
‘Spare 5 him from going down
to the place of corruption,
I have found a ransom for him,’ 6
17:16 Will 7 it 8 go down to the barred gates 9 of death?
Will 10 we descend 11 together into the dust?”
55:23 But you, O God, will bring them 12 down to the deep Pit. 13
Violent and deceitful people 14 will not live even half a normal lifespan. 15
But as for me, I trust in you.
69:15 Don’t let the current overpower me!
Don’t let the deep swallow me up!
Don’t let the pit 16 devour me! 17
38:17 “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. 18
You delivered me 19 from the pit of oblivion. 20
For you removed all my sins from your sight. 21
38:18 Indeed 22 Sheol does not give you thanks;
death does not 23 praise you.
Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
20:1 Then 24 I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding 25 in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain. 20:2 He 26 seized the dragon – the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan – and tied him up for a thousand years. 20:3 The angel 27 then 28 threw him into the abyss and locked 29 and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)