Christian Standard Bible
Job 33:22
22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the executioners.
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 he detests bread, and his soul despises his favorite food. 21His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his unseen bones stick out. He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the executioners. 23If there is an angel on his side, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what is right for him 24and to be gracious to him and say, “Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom,”
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וַתִּקְרַ֣ב לַשַּׁ֣חַת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ לַֽמְמִתִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:22
- Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good.
- Job 17:1My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. A graveyard awaits me.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord brings death and gives life; he sends some down to Sheol, and he raises others up.
- Psalms 30:3Lord, you brought me up from Sheol; you spared me from among those going down to the Pit.
- Psalms 88:3For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol.
- Isaiah 38:10I said: In the prime of my life I must go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years.
- Job 15:21Dreadful sounds fill his ears; when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.
- Exodus 12:23When the Lord passes through to strike Egypt and sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, he will pass over the door and not let the destroyer enter your houses to strike you.
- 2 Samuel 24:16Then the angel extended his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, but the Lord relented concerning the destruction and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough, withdraw your hand now!” The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Psalms 17:4Concerning what people do: by the words from your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
- Acts 12:23At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10And don’t grumble as some of them did, and were killed by the destroyer.
- Revelation 9:11They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has 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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