Job 33:22
And his soul draws near to the pit, || And his life to those causing death.
Literal Standard Version
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 from being seen, || And his bones are high, they were not seen!
Cross References
Exodus 12:23And YHWH has passed on to strike the Egyptians, and has seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two doorposts, and YHWH has passed over the opening, and does not permit the destruction to come into your houses to strike.
2 Samuel 24:16and the messenger puts forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and YHWH sighs concerning the calamity, and says to the messenger who is destroying among the people, “Enough, now, cease your hand”; and the messenger of YHWH was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Job 15:21A fearful voice [is] in his ears, || In peace a destroyer comes to him.
Job 17:13If I wait—Sheol [is] my house, || In darkness I have spread out my bed.
Psalms 17:4As for doings of man, || Through a word of Your lips I have observed || The paths of a destroyer;
Psalms 88:3For my soul has been full of evils, || And my life has come 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 →