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

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  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 He keeps back his soul from the Pit,
And his life from [a]perishing by the sword.

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  1. Job 33:18 Lit. passing

16 Will it go down to the gates of death?(A)
    Will we descend together into the dust?”(B)

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16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

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16 Will they go down (A)to the gates of [a]Sheol?
Shall we have (B)rest together in the dust?”

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  1. Job 17:16 The abode of the dead