Job 33:22
Yea, his nefesh draweth near unto the shachat, 1 and his life to the ones bringing death. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
In Context
21His basar is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; 1 and his atzmot that were not seen stick out. 1
Cross References
Exodus 12:23For Hashem will pass through to strike the Mitzrayim; and when He seeth the dahm upon the mashkof, and on the two mezuzot, Hashem will pasach (pass over, spare, skip) the entrance, and will not permit the Mashkhit (Destroyer), + 12:23 i.e., Hashem ʼs emissary of judgment, see Num 22:31 on the Malach Hashem to enter unto your batim to strike.
2 Samuel 24:16And when the Malach stretched out his yad upon Yerushalayim to destroy her, Hashem relented from the destruction, and said to the Malach that destroyed HaAm, It is enough; restrain now thine yad. And the Malach Hashem was by the goren of Aravnah the Yevusi.
Job 15:21A dreadful sound is in his oznayim; 1 during shalom the shoded (destroyer) shall come upon him. 1
Job 17:13If I wait, Sheol is mine bais; 1 I have made my bed in the choshech. 1
Psalms 17:4Concerning the works of men, 1 by the Devar of Thy lips 1 I have kept myself from the paths of the cruel. 1
Psalms 88:3Let my tefillah come before Thee; 1 incline Thine ear unto my cry. 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 →