Job 33:18

18 to preserve them from the pit,

their lives from perishing by the sword.

18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit,

And his life from perishing by the sword.

18 He protects them from the grave,

from crossing over the river of death.

18 He keeps back his soul from the Pit,

And his life from perishing by the sword.

18 God does this to save people from death,

to keep them from dying.

18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit,

And his life from perishing by the sword.

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

18 He keeps their souls from the pit 

and their lives from crossing the River ⸤of Death⸥. 

18 God spares his soul from the Pit,

his life from crossing the river of death.

18 to spare their souls from the Pit,

their lives from traversing the River.

18 He spares his life from the pit

and his life from passing over the river of death.

18 He wants to stop them from going down into the grave.

He doesn’t want them to be killed with swords.

18 He keeps back his soul from the pit,

And his life from passing over into Sheol.