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18     He does all of this so that He might hold back one soul from the pit
        and protect one life from passing over to the land of death.[a]

19     Or another kind of answer God gives comes thus:
        one may be corrected through a bed of pain;
        his bones may hold him in an unceasing trial,
20     In which his food becomes repulsive,
        and he doesn’t hunger for even his favorite meals.

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  1. 33:18 Hebrew manuscripts read, “from passing over the canal.”

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

19 “Or someone may be chastened(C) on a bed of pain(D)
    with constant distress in their bones,(E)
20 so that their body finds food(F) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(G)

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  1. Job 33:18 Or from crossing the river