New International Version
to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword.

New Living Translation
He protects them from the grave, from crossing over the river of death.

English Standard Version
he keeps back his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.

Berean Study Bible
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

New American Standard Bible
He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear.

NASB 1995
He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.

NASB 1977
He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.

Amplified Bible
He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction], And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Christian Standard Bible
God spares his soul from the Pit, his life from crossing the river of death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God spares his soul from the Pit, his life from crossing the river of death.

Contemporary English Version
and to protect us from being swept away to the world of the dead.

Good News Translation
He will not let them be destroyed; he saves them from death itself.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He keeps their souls from the pit and their lives from crossing the River [of Death].

International Standard Version
sparing his soul from the Pit and his life from violent death.

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