334 verses contain “Pit” (in the KJV: 296, in the BSB: 145) — showing 101–200
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And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a
trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty
pitchers, and lamps within the
pitchers.
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large
jar in the other, containing a
torch.
So
Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they
blew the
trumpets, and
brake the
pitchers that were in their hands.
Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They
blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
And the three companies
blew the
trumpets, and
brake the
pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the
trumpets in their right hands to blow
withal: and they
cried, The sword of the LORD, and of
Gideon.
The three companies
blew their horns and
shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they
shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for
Gideon!”
Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of
Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and
pitched on the other side of
Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for
Arnon was the border of Moab.
Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of
Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the
Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the
Arnon was its border.
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people,
encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and
deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.
And they went up, and
pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-
dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-
dan to this day.
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at
Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand
chariots, and six thousand
horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and
pitched in
Michmash, eastward from Beth-
aven.
Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand
chariots, six thousand
horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the
seashore. They went up and camped at
Michmash, east of Beth-
aven.
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.
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel
hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
Yet they had a
file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to
sharpen the goads.
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and
pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in
array against the Philistines.
Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah,
arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,
And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had
pitched: and David
beheld the place where Saul lay, and
Abner the son of
Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the
trench, and the people
pitched round about him.
Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and
Abner son of
Ner, the general of his army, had
lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and
pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they
pitched in
Gilboa.
The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at
Gilboa.
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites
pitched by a fountain which is in
Jezreel.
Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in
Jezreel.
And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
And he shall restore the lamb
fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no
pity.
Because he has done this thing and has shown no
pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
So they spread
Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and
Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
So they
pitched a tent for
Absalom on the roof, and he
slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
Behold, he is
hid now in some
pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that
whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow
Absalom.
Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other
location. If some of your troops fall first,
whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow
Absalom.’
And they took
Absalom, and cast him into a great
pit in the wood, and laid a very great
heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
They took
Absalom, cast him into a large
pit in the forest, and piled a huge
mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of
Adullam: and the
troop of the Philistines
pitched in the valley of
Rephaim.
At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of
Adullam, while a company of Philistines was
encamped in the Valley of
Rephaim.
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:
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of
valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a
snowy day he went down into a
pit and killed a lion.
And they passed over Jordan, and
pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of
Gad, and toward Jazer:
They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward
Gad and Jazer.
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
The Israelites also
mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the
countryside.
And they
pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel
slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand
footmen in one day.
For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle
ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
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.
Then
Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-
eked—forty-two men. He
spared none of them.
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and
pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
So in the ninth year of
Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month,
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They
encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
And the sons of
Micah were,
Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and
Ahaz.
The sons of
Micah:
Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and
Ahaz.
And the sons of
Micah were,
Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and
Ahaz.
The sons of
Micah:
Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and
Ahaz.
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.
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of
valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a
snowy day he went down into a
pit and killed a lion.
And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
So they
hired thirty and two thousand
chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and
pitched before Medeba. And the children of
Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
So they
hired for themselves thirty-two thousand
chariots, as well as the king of
Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the
Ammonites came from their cities and marched out for battle.
Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the
bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every
bason; and likewise silver by weight for every
bason of silver:
the weight of the pure gold for the forks,
sprinkling bowls, and
pitchers; the weight of each gold
dish; the weight of each silver
bowl;
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
To him that is
afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the
Almighty.
A
despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the
Almighty.
You would even cast lots for an
orphan and
barter away your friend.
then You would
plunge me into the
pit, and even my own clothes would
despise me.
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Will it go down to the gates of
Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Have
pity upon me, have
pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Have
pity on me, my friends, have
pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
Then he is
gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the
pit: I have found a
ransom.
to be
gracious to him and say, ‘
Spare him from going down to the
Pit; I have found his
ransom,’
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
To bring back his soul from the
pit, to be
enlightened with the light of the living.
to bring back his soul from the
Pit, that he may be
enlightened with the light of life.
He made a
pit, and
digged it, and is fallen into the
ditch which he made.
He has
dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a
pit of his own making.
The heathen are sunk down in the
pit that they made: in the net which they
hid is their own foot taken.
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
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.
To You, O LORD, I call; be not
deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the
Pit.
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.
O LORD, You pulled me up from
Sheol; You
spared me from descending into the
Pit.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
“What gain is there in my
bloodshed, in my descent to the
Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it
proclaim Your faithfulness?
For without cause have they
hid for me their net in a
pit, which without cause they have
digged for my soul.
For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they
dug a
pit for my soul.
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.
He lifted me up from the
pit of
despair, out of the
miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the
pit of destruction:
bloody and
deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
But You, O God, will bring them down to the
Pit of destruction; men of
bloodshed and
deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have
digged a
pit before me, into the midst
whereof they are fallen themselves.
Selah.
They spread a net for my feet; my soul was
despondent. They
dug a
pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it!
SelahLet not the
waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep
swallow me up, and let not the
pit shut her mouth upon me.
Do not let the floods
engulf me or the depths
swallow me up; let not the
Pit close its mouth over me.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of
heaviness: and I looked for some to take
pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in
despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
So that he
forsook the tabernacle of
Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
He abandoned the tabernacle of
Shiloh, the tent He had
pitched among men.
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of
adversity, until the
pit be
digged for the wicked.
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a
pit is
dug for the wicked.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
For Your servants delight in her stones and take
pity on her dust.
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender
mercies;
who redeems your life from the
Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and
compassion,
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
He made them also to be
pitied of all those that carried them
captives.
He sent his word, and
healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
He sent forth His word and
healed them; He
rescued them from the
Pit.
The proud have
digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the
miry pits, never to rise again.
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.
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Let us
swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the
pit:
let us
swallow them alive like
Sheol, and whole like those descending into the
Pit.
He that hath
pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Kindness to the poor is a
loan to the LORD, and He will repay the
lender.
The mouth of strange women is a deep
pit: he that is
abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
The mouth of an
adulteress is a deep
pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
For a
whore is a deep
ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow
pit.
Whoso diggeth a
pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
He that by
usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will
pity the poor.
He who increases his wealth by interest and
usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
Whoso causeth the righteous to go
astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own
pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own
pit, but the
blameless will
inherit what is good.
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall
flee to the
pit; let no man stay him.
A man burdened by bloodguilt will
flee into the
Pit; let no one support him.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but
woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but
pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
He that diggeth a
pit shall fall into it; and
whoso breaketh an
hedge, a serpent shall
bite him.
He who digs a
pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be
bitten by a
snake.
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.
Remember Him before the silver cord is
snapped and the golden
bowl is
crushed, before the
pitcher is
shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
Their bows also shall
dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no
pity on the fruit of the
womb; their eye shall not
spare children.
Their bows will
dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the
womb; they will not look with
pity on the children.
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian
pitch tent there; neither shall the
shepherds make their fold there.
She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no
nomad will
pitch his tent there, no
shepherd will rest his flock there.
Yet thou shalt be brought down to
hell, to the sides of the
pit.
But you will be brought down to
Sheol, to the lowest depths of the
Pit.
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.
But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and
dumped into a rocky
pit like a
carcass trampled underfoot.
Fear, and the
pit, and the
snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Terror and
pit and
snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the
pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the
pit shall be taken in the
snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do
shake.
Whoever flees the sound of
panic will fall into the
pit, and
whoever climbs from the
pit will be caught in the
snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are
shaken.
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.
They will be gathered together like prisoners in a
pit. They will be confined to a
dungeon and punished after many days.
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not
spare: so that there shall not be found in the
bursting of it a
sherd to take fire from the
hearth, or to take water
withal out of the
pit.
And the streams thereof shall be turned into
pitch, and the dust thereof into
brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning
pitch.
Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a
blazing pitch.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Surely for my own
welfare I had such great
anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the
pit of
oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not
celebrate thee: they that go down into the
pit cannot hope for thy truth.
For
Sheol cannot
thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the
Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
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.
“
Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the
quarry from which you were
hewn.
The
captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the
pit, nor that his bread should fail.
The
captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the
dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
In all their
affliction he was
afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his
pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
In all their distress, He too was
afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and
compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of
pits, through a land of
drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and
pits, a land of
drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
