Job 33:22
His soul also draws nigh to death, 1 And his life is in Hades. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
In Context
21Until his flesh shall be consumed, 1 And he shall show his bones bare. 1
Cross References
Exodus 12:23And the Lord shall pass by to smite the Egyptians, and shall see the blood upon the lintel, and upon both the doorposts; and the Lord shall pass by the door, and shall not suffer the destroyer to enter into your houses to smite you.
2 Samuel 24:16And the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough now, withhold thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Job 15:21And his terror is in his ears: 1 Just when he seems to be at peace, 1 His overthrow will come. 1
Job 17:13For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: 1 And my bed has been made in darkness. 1
Psalms 17:4I will call upon the Lord with praises, 1 And I shall be saved from mine enemies. 1
Psalms 88:3For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up forever: 1 Thy truth shall be established in the heavens. 1
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 →