Job 33:22
And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
In Context
21His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;
23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;
Cross References
Exodus 12:23And Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to smite [you].
2 Samuel 24:16And the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it; but Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Job 15:21The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
Job 17:13If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:
Psalms 17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent [man].
Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:20-29
19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down… Read the whole commentary →