Job 33:22

What does Job 33:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 33:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

Context

v.21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.

v.22This passage

v.23If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 17:1

    My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me.

  • Isaiah 38:10

    I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

  • Psalms 88:3

    For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

  • 2 Samuel 24:16

    And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • Acts 12:23

    And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  • Job 33:28

    He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

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