richmahn_en_tn/job/33/16.md

Elihu continue speaking to Job.

then God opens the ears of men

AT: "then God reveals things to people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

God keeps man's life back from the pit, his life from crossing over to death

Both of these statements mean the same thing. AT: "God saves people from the grave and from death" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)