Job 33:22

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.”

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BSBPD

“He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 33:22 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:23When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:6The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
  3. 2 Samuel 24:16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
  4. Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  5. Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
  6. Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
  7. Job 17:13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
  8. Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
  9. Psalms 17:4As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
  10. Psalms 30:3O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
  11. Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
  12. Psalms 107:18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
  13. Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
  14. Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  15. 1 Corinthians 10:10And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
  16. Revelation 9:11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.

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