Job 33:18

soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

pit. Hebrew. shachath = the grave, as dugout of the earth.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Keepeth — By his gracious admonitions whereby he leads him to repentance.

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

Related Commentaries of Job 33:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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