American Standard Version
Job 33:22
22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit,And his life to the destroyers.
Job 33:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
- New International Version (NIV)They draw near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, his soul draws near the Pit, And his life to the executioners.
Context of Job 33:22
20So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food. 21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out. Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers. 23If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him; 24ThenGodis gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
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וַתִּקְרַ֣ב לַשַּׁ֣חַת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ לַֽמְמִתִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 33:22
- Job 7:7Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.
- Job 17:1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me.
- 1 Samuel 2:6Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
- Psalms 30:3O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
- Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
- Isaiah 38:10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
- Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
- Exodus 12:23For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
- 2 Samuel 24:16And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Psalms 17:4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
- Acts 12:23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
- Revelation 9:11They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he hath the name Apollyon.
Commentaries on Job 33:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22His soul draweth near unto the grave - נפש nephesh, soul, is here taken for the immortal spirit, as it is distinguished from חיה chaiyah, the animal life. The former draws near to the pit, שחת shachath, corruption; perhaps he meant dissipation, considering it merely as the breath. The latter draws near לממתים lamemithim, to the dead; i.e., to those who are already buried. Mr. Good translates it the Destinies; and supposes the same is meant among the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave - That is, he himself does, for the word soul is often used to denote self. And his life to the destroyers - - לממתים lammitiym literally, “to those causing death.” The interpretation commonly given of this is, “the angels of death” who were supposed to come to close human life; compare 2 Samuel 24:16-17. But it probably refers to diseases and pangs as having power to terminate life, and being the cause of the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God often afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will be of great use for our getting good from sickness, in and by which God speaks to men. Pain is the fruit of sin; yet, by the grace of God, the pain of the body is often made a means of good to the soul. When afflictions have done their work, they shall…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22messengers of death: Compare: Exodus 12:23; 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Corinthians 10:10.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. destroyers--angels of death commissioned by God to end man's life (2Sa 24:16; Psa 78:49). The death pains personified may, however, be meant; so "gnawers" (see on Job 30:17).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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