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17 in order to turn a man from his course of action
and to suppress a person’s pride.
18 He spares his life from the pit.
He spares his life from crossing the stream of death.[a]
19 Or a person may be disciplined on his bed by pain
and by continual agony in his bones,

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  1. Job 33:18 Or spares him from being killed by a weapon

17 to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,(A)
18 to preserve them from the pit,(B)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.[a](C)

19 “Or someone may be chastened(D) on a bed of pain(E)
    with constant distress in their bones,(F)

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  1. Job 33:18 Or from crossing the river