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Job 33:22 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Job 33:22 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 33 verse 22 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.”
Job 33:22 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 33:22
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave (watiqraḇ lašāḥaṯ napšô, וַתִּקְרַב לַשָּׁחַת נַפְשׁוֹ)—The verb qāraḇ (to draw near, approach) describes progressive movement toward šāḥaṯ (the pit, grave, corruption). The soul's journey toward death is active, not passive—life ebbs incrementally. This pit is the same term from verse 18, where God 'keeps back' the soul from it. Now Elihu describes what happens without divine intervention: inevitable descent into corruption and death.And his life to the destroyers (weḥayyātô lammětîm, וְחַיָּתוֹ לַמְּמִתִים)—Mětîm (literally 'the ones who put to death...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 33:22
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“He will deliver his soul from going into the pit”
“Yahweh repented him of the evil”
“as some of them also grumbled”
“O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.”
“by the word of your lips”
“For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.”
“destruction”
“In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
“and on the two doorposts”
“and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol”