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Genesis 37:20 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

νῦν () οὖν () δεῦτε () ἀποκτείνωμεν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ῥίψωμεν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () ἕνα () τῶν () λάκκων καὶ () ἐροῦμεν () Θηρίον () πονηρὸν () κατέφαγεν () αὐτόν· () καὶ () ὀψόμεθα, () τί () ἔσται () τὰ () ἐνύπνια () αὐτοῦ. ()

Genesis 37:22 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Εἶπεν () δὲ () αὐτοῖς () Ρουβην () Μὴ () ἐκχέητε () αἷμα· () ἐμβάλετε () αὐτὸν () εἰς () τὸν () λάκκον τοῦτον () τὸν () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ, () χεῖρα () δὲ () μὴ () ἐπενέγκητε () αὐτῷ· () ὅπως () ἐξέληται () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () τῶν () χειρῶν () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἀποδῷ () αὐτὸν () τῷ () πατρὶ () αὐτοῦ. ()

Genesis 37:24 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

and they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () λαβόντες () αὐτὸν () ἔρριψαν () εἰς () τὸν () λάκκον· ὁ () δὲ () λάκκος κενός, () ὕδωρ () οὐκ () εἶχεν. ()

Genesis 37:28 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () παρεπορεύοντο () οἱ () ἄνθρωποι () οἱ () Μαδιηναῖοι οἱ () ἔμποροι, () καὶ () ἐξείλκυσαν () καὶ () ἀνεβίβασαν () τὸν () Ιωσηφ () ἐκ () τοῦ () λάκκου καὶ () ἀπέδοντο () τὸν () Ιωσηφ () τοῖς () Ισμαηλίταις εἴκοσι () χρυσῶν, () καὶ () κατήγαγον () τὸν () Ιωσηφ () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον. ()

Genesis 37:29 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἀνέστρεψεν () δὲ () Ρουβην () ἐπὶ () τὸν () λάκκον καὶ () οὐχ () ὁρᾷ () τὸν () Ιωσηφ () ἐν () τῷ () λάκκῳ καὶ () διέρρηξεν () τὰ () ἱμάτια () αὐτοῦ. ()

Genesis 40:15 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὅτι () κλοπῇ () ἐκλάπην () ἐκ () γῆς () Εβραίων () καὶ () ὧδε () οὐκ () ἐποίησα () οὐδέν, () ἀλλ’ () ἐνέβαλόν () με () εἰς () τὸν () λάκκον τοῦτον. ()—

Genesis 41:14 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:14 Heb. made him run

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἀποστείλας () δὲ () Φαραω () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸν () Ιωσηφ, () καὶ () ἐξήγαγον () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () τοῦ () ὀχυρώματος () καὶ () ἐξύρησαν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἤλλαξαν () τὴν () στολὴν () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἦλθεν () πρὸς () Φαραω. ()

Exodus 12:29 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

At midnight, Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

Exodus 12:29 Heb. house of the pit

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐγενήθη () δὲ () μεσούσης () τῆς () νυκτὸς () καὶ () κύριος () ἐπάταξεν () πᾶν () πρωτότοκον () ἐν () γῇ () Αἰγύπτῳ () ἀπὸ () πρωτοτόκου () Φαραω () τοῦ () καθημένου () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () θρόνου () ἕως () πρωτοτόκου () τῆς () αἰχμαλωτίδος τῆς () ἐν () τῷ () λάκκῳ καὶ () ἕως () πρωτοτόκου () παντὸς () κτήνους. ()

Exodus 21:33 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

“If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ἐὰν () δέ () τις () ἀνοίξῃ () λάκκον ἢ () λατομήσῃ () λάκκον καὶ () μὴ () καλύψῃ () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἐμπέσῃ () ἐκεῖ () μόσχος () ἢ () ὄνος, ()

Exodus 21:34 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

the owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὁ () κύριος () τοῦ () λάκκου ἀποτείσει· () ἀργύριον () δώσει () τῷ () κυρίῳ () αὐτῶν, () τὸ () δὲ () τετελευτηκὸς () αὐτῷ () ἔσται. ()—

Leviticus 11:36 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is gathered shall be clean, but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

Leviticus 11:36 Heb. a gathering together of waters

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

πλὴν () πηγῶν () ὑδάτων () καὶ () λάκκου καὶ () συναγωγῆς () ὕδατος, () ἔσται () καθαρόν· () ὁ () δὲ () ἁπτόμενος () τῶν () θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν () ἀκάθαρτος () ἔσται. ()

World English Bible:

and houses full of all good things which you didn’t fill, and cisterns dug out which you didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees which you didn’t plant, and you shall eat and be full;

King James w/Strong’s #s:

and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

οἰκίας () πλήρεις () πάντων () ἀγαθῶν, () ἃς () οὐκ () ἐνέπλησας, () λάκκους λελατομημένους, () οὓς () οὐκ () ἐξελατόμησας, ἀμπελῶνας () καὶ () ἐλαιῶνας, () οὓς () οὐ () κατεφύτευσας, καὶ () φαγὼν καὶ () ἐμπλησθεὶς ()

1 Samuel 13:6 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἀνὴρ () Ισραηλ () εἶδεν () ὅτι () στενῶς αὐτῷ () μὴ () προσάγειν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἐκρύβη () ὁ () λαὸς () ἐν () τοῖς () σπηλαίοις () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () μάνδραις καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () πέτραις () καὶ () ἐν () τοῖς () βόθροις καὶ () ἐν () τοῖς () λάκκοις,

1 Samuel 19:22 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐθυμώθη () ὀργῇ () Σαουλ () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () καὶ () αὐτὸς () εἰς () Αρμαθαιμ καὶ () ἔρχεται () ἕως () τοῦ () φρέατος () τοῦ () ἅλω () τοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () Σεφι καὶ () ἠρώτησεν () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ποῦ () Σαμουηλ () καὶ () Δαυιδ; () Καὶ () εἶπαν () Ἰδοὺ () ἐν () Ναυαθ ἐν () Ραμα. ()

2 Samuel 3:26 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

When Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David didn’t know it.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἀνέστρεψεν () Ιωαβ ἀπὸ () τοῦ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () ἀγγέλους () ὀπίσω () Αβεννηρ, καὶ () ἐπιστρέφουσιν () αὐτὸν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () φρέατος () τοῦ () Σειραμ· καὶ () Δαυιδ () οὐκ () ᾔδει. ()

2 Samuel 23:15 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐπεθύμησεν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Τίς () ποτιεῖ () με () ὕδωρ () ἐκ () τοῦ () λάκκου τοῦ () ἐν () Βαιθλεεμ τοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () πύλῃ; () Τὸ () δὲ () σύστημα τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων () τότε () ἐν () Βαιθλεεμ.

2 Samuel 23:16 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David; but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () διέρρηξαν () οἱ () τρεῖς () δυνατοὶ () ἐν () τῇ () παρεμβολῇ () τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων () καὶ () ὑδρεύσαντο ὕδωρ () ἐκ () τοῦ () λάκκου τοῦ () ἐν () Βαιθλεεμ τοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () πύλῃ () καὶ () ἔλαβαν () καὶ () παρεγένοντο () πρὸς () Δαυιδ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησεν () πιεῖν () αὐτὸ () καὶ () ἔσπεισεν () αὐτὸ () τῷ () κυρίῳ ()

2 Samuel 23:20 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of snow.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

2 Samuel 23:20a Heb. great of acts
2 Samuel 23:20b Heb. lion of God

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () Βαναιας υἱὸς () Ιωδαε, ἀνὴρ () αὐτὸς () πολλοστὸς ἔργοις () ἀπὸ () Καβεσεηλ. Καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἐπάταξεν () τοὺς () δύο () υἱοὺς () αριηλ τοῦ () Μωαβ· καὶ () αὐτὸς () κατέβη () καὶ () ἐπάταξε () τὸν () λέοντα () ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () λάκκου ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῆς () χιόνος· ()

2 Kings 10:14 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

He said, “Take them alive!” They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even forty-two men. He didn’t leave any of them.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () εἶπεν () Συλλάβετε () αὐτοὺς () ζῶντας· () καὶ () συνέλαβον () αὐτοὺς () ζῶντας. () Καὶ () ἔσφαξαν () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () Βαιθακαδ, τεσσαράκοντα () καὶ () δύο () ἄνδρας, () οὐ () κατέλιπεν () ἄνδρα () ἐξ () αὐτῶν. ()—

2 Kings 18:31 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Don’t listen to Hezekiah.’ For the king of Assyria says, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone of you eat from his own vine, and everyone from his own fig tree, and everyone drink water from his own cistern;

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

2 Kings 18:31a Or, seek my favour. Heb. make with me a blessing
2 Kings 18:31b Or, pit

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Μὴ () ἀκούετε () Εζεκιου, () ὅτι () τάδε () λέγει () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Ἀσσυρίων Ποιήσατε () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ () εὐλογίαν () καὶ () ἐξέλθατε () πρός () με, () καὶ () πίεται () ἀνὴρ () τὴν () ἄμπελον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀνὴρ () τὴν () συκῆν () αὐτοῦ () φάγεται () καὶ () πίεται () ὕδωρ () τοῦ () λάκκου αὐτοῦ, ()

World English Bible:

David longed, and said, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐπεθύμησεν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Τίς () ποτιεῖ () με () ὕδωρ () ἐκ () τοῦ () λάκκου Βαιθλεεμ τοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () πύλῃ; ()

World English Bible:

The three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, took it, and brought it to David; but David would not drink any of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord,

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () διέρρηξαν () οἱ () τρεῖς () τὴν () παρεμβολὴν () τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων () καὶ () ὑδρεύσαντο ὕδωρ () ἐκ () τοῦ () λάκκου τοῦ () ἐν () Βαιθλεεμ, ὃς () ἦν () ἐν () τῇ () πύλῃ, () καὶ () ἔλαβον () καὶ () ἦλθον () πρὸς () Δαυιδ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησεν () Δαυιδ () τοῦ () πιεῖν () αὐτὸ () καὶ () ἔσπεισεν () αὐτὸ () τῷ () κυρίῳ ()

World English Bible:

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

1 Chronicles 11:22 Heb. great of deeds

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () Βαναιας υἱὸς () Ιωδαε υἱὸς () ἀνδρὸς () δυνατοῦ, () πολλὰ () ἔργα () αὐτοῦ () ὑπὲρ () Καβασαηλ· οὗτος () ἐπάταξεν () τοὺς () δύο () αριηλ Μωαβ· καὶ () οὗτος () κατέβη () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () τὸν () λέοντα () ἐν () τῷ () λάκκῳ ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () χιόνος· ()

World English Bible:

He built towers in the wilderness, and dug out many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains. He had farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved farming.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

2 Chronicles 26:10a Or, cut out many cisterns
2 Chronicles 26:10b Or, fruitful fields
2 Chronicles 26:10c Heb. ground

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () πύργους () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () καὶ () ἐλατόμησεν () λάκκους πολλούς, () ὅτι () κτήνη () πολλὰ () ὑπῆρχεν () αὐτῷ () ἐν () Σεφηλα καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () πεδινῇ () καὶ () ἀμπελουργοὶ () ἐν () τῇ () ὀρεινῇ () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () Καρμήλῳ, ὅτι () φιλογέωργος ἦν. ()

Nehemiah 9:25 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

Nehemiah 9:25a Or, cisterns
Nehemiah 9:25b Heb. tree of food

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () κατελάβοσαν () πόλεις () ὑψηλὰς () καὶ () ἐκληρονόμησαν () οἰκίας () πλήρεις () πάντων () ἀγαθῶν, () λάκκους λελατομημένους, () ἀμπελῶνας () καὶ () ἐλαιῶνας () καὶ () πᾶν () ξύλον () βρώσιμον () εἰς () πλῆθος· () καὶ () ἐφάγοσαν καὶ () ἐνεπλήσθησαν () καὶ () ἐλιπάνθησαν καὶ () ἐτρύφησαν () ἐν () ἀγαθωσύνῃ () σου () τῇ () μεγάλῃ. ()

Nehemiah 9:25 Originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 19:25.

Psalm 7:15 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

He made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

λάκκον ὤρυξεν () καὶ () ἀνέσκαψεν αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἐμπεσεῖται () εἰς () βόθρον, ὃν () εἰργάσατο· ()

Psalm 7:15 Originally verse 7:16.

Psalm 28:1 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: Lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Psalm 28:1 Heb. from me

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Τοῦ () Δαυιδ. () Πρὸς () σέ, () κύριε, () ἐκέκραξα, () ὁ () θεός () μου, () μὴ () παρασιωπήσῃς ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ, () μήποτε () παρασιωπήσῃς ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ () καὶ () ὁμοιωθήσομαι () τοῖς () καταβαίνουσιν () εἰς () λάκκον.

Psalm 28:1 Originally verse 27:1.

Psalm 30:3 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Psalm 30:3 Sheol is the place of the dead.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

κύριε, () ἀνήγαγες () ἐξ () ᾅδου () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου, () ἔσωσάς () με () ἀπὸ () τῶν () καταβαινόντων () εἰς () λάκκον.

Psalm 30:3 Originally verse 29:4.

Psalm 40:2 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Psalm 40:2 Heb. a pit of noise

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () ἀνήγαγέν () με () ἐκ () λάκκου ταλαιπωρίας () καὶ () ἀπὸ () πηλοῦ () ἰλύος καὶ () ἔστησεν () ἐπὶ () πέτραν () τοὺς () πόδας () μου () καὶ () κατηύθυνεν () τὰ () διαβήματά μου ()

Psalm 40:2 Originally verse 39:3.

Psalm 88:4 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

προσελογίσθην μετὰ () τῶν () καταβαινόντων () εἰς () λάκκον, ἐγενήθην () ὡς () ἄνθρωπος () ἀβοήθητος ἐν () νεκροῖς () ἐλεύθερος, ()

Psalm 88:4 Originally verse 87:5.

Psalm 88:6 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the deeps.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἔθεντό () με () ἐν () λάκκῳ κατωτάτῳ, () ἐν () σκοτεινοῖς () καὶ () ἐν () σκιᾷ () θανάτου. ()

Psalm 88:6 Originally verse 87:7.

Psalm 143:7 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Psalm 143:7 Or, for I am become like. etc.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ταχὺ () εἰσάκουσόν () μου, () κύριε, () ἐξέλιπεν () τὸ () πνεῦμά () μου· () μὴ () ἀποστρέψῃς () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ, () καὶ () ὁμοιωθήσομαι () τοῖς () καταβαίνουσιν () εἰς () λάκκον.

Psalm 143:7 Originally verse 142:7.

Proverbs 1:12 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

Proverbs 1:12 Sheol is the place of the dead.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; And whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καταπίωμεν () δὲ () αὐτὸν () ὥσπερ () ᾅδης () ζῶντα () καὶ () ἄρωμεν () αὐτοῦ () τὴν () μνήμην () ἐκ () γῆς· ()

Proverbs 5:15 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Πῖνε () ὕδατα () ἀπὸ () σῶν () ἀγγείων () καὶ () ἀπὸ () σῶν () φρεάτων () πηγῆς. ()

Proverbs 28:17 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

A man who is tormented by blood guilt will be a fugitive until death. No one will support him.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person Shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἄνδρα () τὸν () ἐν () αἰτίᾳ () φόνου () ὁ () ἐγγυώμενος φυγὰς () ἔσται () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐν () ἀσφαλείᾳ. () παίδευε () υἱόν, () καὶ () ἀγαπήσει () σε () καὶ () δώσει () κόσμον () τῇ () σῇ () ψυχῇ· () οὐ () μὴ () ὑπακούσῃς () ἔθνει () παρανόμῳ.

Proverbs 28:17 Originally verses 28:17 and 28:17a.

World English Bible:

before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ἕως () ὅτου () μὴ () ἀνατραπῇ () σχοινίον () τοῦ () ἀργυρίου, () καὶ () συνθλιβῇ () ἀνθέμιον τοῦ () χρυσίου, () καὶ () συντριβῇ () ὑδρία () ἐπὶ () τὴν () πηγήν, () καὶ () συντροχάσῃ ὁ () τροχὸς () ἐπὶ () τὸν () λάκκον,

Isaiah 14:15 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

Isaiah 14:15 Sheol is the place of the dead.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Νῦν () δὲ () εἰς () ᾅδου () καταβήσῃ () καὶ () εἰς () τὰ () θεμέλια () τῆς () γῆς. ()

Isaiah 14:19 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body trodden under foot.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

σὺ () δὲ () ῥιφήσῃ () ἐν () τοῖς () ὄρεσιν () ὡς () νεκρὸς () ἐβδελυγμένος () μετὰ () πολλῶν () τεθνηκότων () ἐκκεκεντημένων () μαχαίραις () καταβαινόντων () εἰς () ᾅδου. () Ὃν () τρόπον () ἱμάτιον () ἐν () αἵματι () πεφυρμένον οὐκ () ἔσται () καθαρόν, ()

Isaiah 24:22 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

Isaiah 24:22a Heb. with the gathering of prisoners
Isaiah 24:22b Or, dungeon
Isaiah 24:22c Or, found wanting

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () συνάξουσιν () καὶ () ἀποκλείσουσιν () εἰς () ὀχύρωμα () καὶ () εἰς () δεσμωτήριον, () διὰ () πολλῶν () γενεῶν () ἐπισκοπὴ () ἔσται () αὐτῶν. ()

Isaiah 36:16 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for the king of Assyria says, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and each of you eat from his vine, and each one from his fig tree, and each one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

Isaiah 36:16 Or, seek my favour by a present. Heb. make with me a blessing

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

μὴ () ἀκούετε () Εζεκιου. () Τάδε () λέγει () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Ἀσσυρίων Εἰ () βούλεσθε () εὐλογηθῆναι, () ἐκπορεύεσθε () πρός () με () καὶ () φάγεσθε ἕκαστος () τὴν () ἄμπελον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰς () συκᾶς () καὶ () πίεσθε () ὕδωρ () τοῦ () λάκκου ὑμῶν, ()

Isaiah 38:18 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.

Isaiah 38:18 Sheol is the place of the dead.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Οὐ () γὰρ () οἱ () ἐν () ᾅδου () αἰνέσουσίν () σε, () οὐδὲ () οἱ () ἀποθανόντες () εὐλογήσουσίν () σε, () οὐδὲ () ἐλπιοῦσιν () οἱ () ἐν () ᾅδου () τὴν () ἐλεημοσύνην () σου· ()

Isaiah 51:1 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἀκούσατέ () μου, () οἱ () διώκοντες () τὸ () δίκαιον () καὶ () ζητοῦντες () τὸν () κύριον, () ἐμβλέψατε () εἰς () τὴν () στερεὰν () πέτραν, () ἣν () ἐλατομήσατε, () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () βόθυνον () τοῦ () λάκκου, ὃν () ὠρύξατε. ()

Jeremiah 6:7 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

As a well produces its waters, so she produces her wickedness. Violence and destruction is heard in her. Sickness and wounds are continually before me.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὡς () ψύχει () λάκκος ὕδωρ, () οὕτως () ψύχει () κακία () αὐτῆς· () ἀσέβεια () καὶ () ταλαιπωρία () ἀκουσθήσεται () ἐν () αὐτῇ () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () αὐτῆς () διὰ () παντός. () Πόνῳ () καὶ () μάστιγι ()

Jeremiah 37:16 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

Jeremiah 37:16 Or, cells

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Ιερεμιας () εἰς () οἰκίαν () τοῦ () λάκκου καὶ () εἰς () τὴν () χερεθ καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () ἐκεῖ () ἡμέρας () πολλάς. ()

Jeremiah 37:16 Originally verse 44:16.

Jeremiah 38:6 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

Jeremiah 38:6 Or, of the king

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἔρριψαν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () τὸν () λάκκον Μελχιου υἱοῦ () τοῦ () βασιλέως, () ὃς () ἦν () ἐν () τῇ () αὐλῇ () τῆς () φυλακῆς, () καὶ () ἐχάλασαν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () τὸν () λάκκον, καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () λάκκῳ οὐκ () ἦν () ὕδωρ () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () βόρβορος, () καὶ () ἦν () ἐν () τῷ () βορβόρῳ. ()

Jeremiah 38:6 Originally verse 45:6.

Jeremiah 38:7 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting in Benjamin’s gate),

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἤκουσεν () Αβδεμελεχ ὁ () Αἰθίοψ, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἐν () οἰκίᾳ () τοῦ () βασιλέως, () ὅτι () ἔδωκαν () Ιερεμιαν () εἰς () τὸν () λάκκον· καὶ () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () ἦν () ἐν () τῇ () πύλῃ () Βενιαμιν· ()

Jeremiah 38:7 Originally verse 45:7.

Jeremiah 38:9 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon. He is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

Jeremiah 38:9 Heb. he will die

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐπονηρεύσω ἃ () ἐποίησας () τοῦ () ἀποκτεῖναι () τὸν () ἄνθρωπον () τοῦτον () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τοῦ () λιμοῦ, () ὅτι () οὐκ () εἰσὶν () ἔτι () ἄρτοι () ἐν () τῇ () πόλει. ()

Jeremiah 38:9 Originally verse 45:9.

Jeremiah 38:10 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

Jeremiah 38:10 Heb. in thine hand

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τῷ () Αβδεμελεχ λέγων () Λαβὲ () εἰς () τὰς () χεῖράς () σου () ἐντεῦθεν () τριάκοντα () ἀνθρώπους () καὶ () ἀνάγαγε () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () τοῦ () λάκκου, ἵνα () μὴ () ἀποθάνῃ. ()

Jeremiah 38:10 Originally verse 45:10.

Jeremiah 38:11 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Αβδεμελεχ τοὺς () ἀνθρώπους () καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () τὴν () οἰκίαν () τοῦ () βασιλέως () τὴν () ὑπόγειον καὶ () ἔλαβεν () ἐκεῖθεν () παλαιὰ () ῥάκη () καὶ () παλαιὰ () σχοινία () καὶ () ἔρριψεν () αὐτὰ () πρὸς () Ιερεμιαν () εἰς () τὸν () λάκκον

Jeremiah 38:11 Originally verse 45:11.

Jeremiah 38:13 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

So they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () εἵλκυσαν () αὐτὸν () τοῖς () σχοινίοις () καὶ () ἀνήγαγον () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () τοῦ () λάκκου· καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () Ιερεμιας () ἐν () τῇ () αὐλῇ () τῆς () φυλακῆς. ()

Jeremiah 38:13 Originally verse 45:13.

World English Bible:

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.