Job 33:22
His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
In Context
21His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.
23If there shall be an angel speaking for him, one among thousands, to declare man's uprightness,
Cross References
Exodus 12:23For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you.
2 Samuel 24:16And when the angel of the Lord had stretched out his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord had pity on the affliction, and said to the angel that slew the people: It is enough: now hold thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the thrashingfloor of Areuna the Jebusite.
Job 15:21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
Job 17:13If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.
Psalms 17:4That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.
Psalms 88:3Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.
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 →