Job 33:22
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
In Context
21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
Cross References
Exodus 12:23When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
2 Samuel 24:16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Psalms 17:4As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near 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 →