18 to preserve them from the pit,(A)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:18 Or from crossing the river

18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

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18 For the grave(A) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;(B)
those who go down to the pit(C)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.

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

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