English Standard Version
Job 33:22
22His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, his soul draws near the Pit, And his life to the executioners.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They are at death’s door; the angels of death wait for them.
Context of Job 33:22
20so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite the choicest food. 21His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out. His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death. 23If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him, 24and he is merciful to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into 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 7:7"Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.
- Job 17:1"My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- Psalms 30:3O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.
- Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
- Isaiah 38:10I said, In the middle of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.
- Job 15:21Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
- Exodus 12:23For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.
- 2 Samuel 24:16And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Psalms 17:4With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
- Acts 12:23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.
- Revelation 9:11They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called 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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