Tree of Life Version
Job 33:22
22His soul draws near to the Pit 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 bread, and his soul, desirable food. 21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, once unseen, now stick out. His soul draws near to the Pit and his life to the messengers of death. 23“If there is an angel beside him, a messenger, one out of a thousand, to declare to a man his uprightness, 24then He is gracious to him, and says ‘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
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Cross-references for Job 33:22
- Job 7:7Remember, my life is but a breath; my eyes will not see goodness again!
- Job 17:1“My spirit is broken, my days have cut short, the graveyard awaits me.
- 1 Samuel 2:6Adonai causes death and makes alive, He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- Psalms 30:3Adonai my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
- Psalms 88:3Let my prayer come before You. Turn Your ear to my cry.
- Isaiah 38:10I said: “In the prime of my life, I am to enter the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the rest of my years.”
- Job 15:21Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in a time of peace, marauders attack him.
- Exodus 12:23Adonai will pass through to strike down the Egyptians, but when He sees the blood on the crossbeam and the two doorposts, Adonai will pass over that door, and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you down.
- 2 Samuel 24:16When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Adonai relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Now withdraw your hand.” The angel of Adonai was then by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Psalms 17:4As for the deeds of mankind— by the word of Your lips I have kept out of 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 died.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10And let’s not grumble, as some of them did—and were destroyed by the destroying angel.
- Revelation 9:11They have as king over them 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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