JOB 33:18 Parallel Verse View

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ULT He spares his soul from the pit
⇔ and his life from crossing over by a weapon.

UST In this way, God prevents people from dying.
⇔ Otherwise, someone might kill them violently.

BSB to preserve his soul from the Pit
⇔ and his life from perishing by the sword.

OEB To keep back man’s soul from the pit
⇔ And his life from descending to Sheol.

WEBBE He keeps back his soul from the pit,
⇔ and his life from perishing by the sword.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He spares a person’s life from corruption,
⇔ his very life from crossing over the river.

LSV He keeps back his soul from corruption,
And his life from passing away by a dart.

FBV He saves them from the grave and spares them from violent death.

T4T He does not want us to be destroyed [MTY];
⇔ he wants to prevent us from dying [MTY] while we are still young.

LEB • the pit and his life from passing over the river of death.

BBE To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.

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JPS That He may keep back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

ASV He keepeth back his soul from the pit,
⇔ And his life from perishing by the sword.

DRA Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.

YLT He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.

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

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

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

KJB-1769 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.[fn]
(He keepeth/keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. )

33.18 from perishing: Heb. from passing

KJB-1611 [fn]Hee keepeth backe his soule from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

33:18 Heb. from passing by the sword.

Bshps And kepe his soule from the graue, and his life from the sworde.
(And keep his soul from the graue, and his life from the sword.)

Gnva And keepe backe his soule from the pit, and that his life should not passe by the sword.
(And keep back his soul from the pit, and that his life should not pass by the sword. )

Cvdl kepeth his soule from destruccion, & his life from ye swearde.
(kepeth his soul from destruccion, and his life from ye/you_all swearde.)

Wyc and his lijf, that it go not in to swerd.
(and his life, that it go not in to sword.)

Luth Und verschonet seiner SeeLE vor dem Verderben und seines Lebens, daß es nicht ins Schwert falle.
(And verschonet his SeeLE before/in_front_of to_him Verderben and seines life, that it not into_the sword falle.)

ClVg eruens animam ejus a corruptione, et vitam illius ut non transeat in gladium.
(eruens animam his from corruptione, and life illius as not/no transeat in gladium. )

BrTr He spares also his soul from death, and suffers him not to fall in war.

BrLXX Ἐφείσατο δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ θανάτου, καὶ μὴ πεσεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολέμῳ.
(Efeisato de taʸs psuⱪaʸs autou apo thanatou, kai maʸ pesein auton en polemōi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְ נַ֭פְשׁ⁠וֹ

spares soul,his

The pronoun He refers to God, and the pronoun his refers to a person. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “God spares a person’s soul”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

נַ֭פְשׁ⁠וֹ & וְ֝⁠חַיָּת֗⁠וֹ

soul,his & and,life,his

Elihu is using parts of a person, his soul and his life, to mean all of him in the act of being spared from death. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “him … and he spares him”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

מֵ⁠עֲבֹ֥ר

from,perishing

Elihu is using the phrase crossing over to mean “dying.” This is a poetic way of referring to death; it suggests the image of crossing a river that is the boundary between one territory and another. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from dying”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בַּ⁠שָּֽׁלַח

in/on/at/with,sword

Elihu is using the term weapon by association to being killed by a weapon. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “by being killed by a weapon”

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