Job 33:22
And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
In Context
21His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!
Cross References
Exodus 12:23'And Jehovah hath passed on to smite the Egyptians, and hath seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, and Jehovah hath passed over the opening, and doth not permit the destruction to come into your houses to smite.
2 Samuel 24:16and the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, 'Enough, now, cease thy hand;' and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Job 15:21A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
Job 17:13If I wait — Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.
Psalms 17:4As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;
Psalms 88:3For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come 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 →