Job 33:22 · KJV
“Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.”
— Job 33:22
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones {that} were not seen stick out.
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
Job 33 — Context
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. {dainty...: Heb. meat of desire}
21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones {that} were not seen stick out.
22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. {a ransom: or, an atonement}
Cross References
Job 33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. {He...: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life}
2 Samuel 24:16
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. {Araunah: also called, Ornan}
Psalms 88:3-5
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Job 15:21
A dreadful sound {is} in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. {A dreadful...: Heb. A sound of fears}
Psalms 17:4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept {me from} the paths of the destroyer.
Acts 12:23
And immediately the 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 17:13-16
If I wait, the grave {is} mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
1 Corinthians 10:10
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.