Job 33:22
So doth his soul draw near to the pit, and his life to the inflicters of death:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
In Context
21His flesh wasteth away out of sight, and bared are the bones once unseen;
Cross References
Exodus 12:23And Yahweh will pass along to plague the Egyptians, and when he beholdeth the blood upon the upper beam and upon the two door-posts, then will Yahweh pass over the entrance, and not suffer the destroyer to enter into your houses to inflict on you the plague.
2 Samuel 24:16But, when the messenger stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem, to destroy it, then relented Yahweh as to the evil, and he said to the messenger who was destroying the people—Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Job 15:21A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;
Job 17:13If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch;
Psalms 17:4As for the workings of men, By the word of thy lips, have, I, taken heed of the paths of the violent one.
Psalms 88:3For my soul, is sated with misfortunes, And, my life—unto Hades, hath drawn near;
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 →