Job 33:22
So his soule draweth to the graue, and his life to the buriers.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
In Context
21His flesh faileth that it can not be seene, and his bones which were not seene, clatter.
Cross References
Exodus 12:23For the Lord will passe by to smite the Egyptians: and when he seeth the blood vpon the lintel and on the two doore cheekes, the Lord wil passe ouer the doore, and wil not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to plague you.
2 Samuel 24:16And when the Angel stretched out his hande vpon Ierusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented of the euil, and said to the Angel that destroyed the people, It is sufficient, holde nowe thine hand. And the Angel of the Lord was by the threshing place of Araunah the Iebusite.
Job 15:21A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
Job 17:13Though I hope, yet the graue shall bee mine house, and I shall make my bed in the darke.
Psalms 17:4Concerning the workes of men, by the wordes of thy lips I kept mee from the paths of the cruell man.
Psalms 88:3For my soule is filled with euils, and my life draweth neere to the graue.
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 →