Job 33:18–19

18 to preserve them from the pit,

their lives from perishing by the sword.

19 “Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain

with constant distress in their bones,

18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit,

And his life from perishing by the sword.

19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed,

And the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

18 He protects them from the grave,

from crossing over the river of death.

19 “Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds,

with ceaseless aching in their bones.

18 He keeps back his soul from the Pit,

And his life from perishing by the sword.

19 “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,

And with strong pain in many of his bones,

18 God does this to save people from death,

to keep them from dying.

19 People may be corrected while in bed in great pain;

they may have continual pain in their very bones.

18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit,

And his life from perishing by the sword.

19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed,

And with continual strife in his bones;

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

19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;

18 He keeps their souls from the pit 

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

19 In pain on their sickbeds, they are disciplined 

with endless aching in their bones 

18 God spares his soul from the Pit,

his life from crossing the river of death.

19 A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain

and constant distress in his bones,

18 to spare their souls from the Pit,

their lives from traversing the River.

19 They are also chastened with pain upon their beds

and with continual strife in their bones,

18 He spares his life from the pit

and his life from passing over the river of death.

19 “And he is reproved with pain on his bed,

even with the strife of his bones continually,

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

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

19 Someone might be punished by suffering in bed.

The pain in his bones might never go away.

18 He keeps back his soul from the pit,

And his life from passing over into Sheol.

19 “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,

And with unceasing complaint in his bones;