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# God keeps man's life back from the pit ... his life from crossing over to death
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Both of these statements mean the same thing. Alternate translation: "God saves people from the grave and from death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# the pit
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The place where people go when they die is referred to here as "the pit." Alternate translation: "the place where dead people are" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# man's life back ... his life
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This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "man from dying and ... he keeps him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# from crossing over to death
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Here "death" represents the place where people go when they die, that is, sheol. Alternate translation: "from going to sheol" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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