New English Translation
Job 33:22
22He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of 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.
- 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 loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare. 21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible. He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death. 23If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness; 24and if God is gracious to him and says, ‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’
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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, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
- Job 17:1My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.
- 1 Samuel 2:6The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
- Psalms 30:3O Lord, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.
- Psalms 88:3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
- Isaiah 38:10“I thought, ‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’
- Job 15:21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.
- Exodus 12:23For the Lord will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the Lord will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.
- 2 Samuel 24:16When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!” (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)
- Psalms 17:4As for the actions of people – just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men.
- Acts 12:23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
- Revelation 9:11They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, 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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