Job 33:22
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
In Context
21His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
Cross References
Exodus 12:23For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.
2 Samuel 24:16When the angel stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” The LORD’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
Psalms 17:4As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles. 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 →