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Job 33:22

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

KJV

Appropinquavit corruptioni anima ejus, et vita illius mortiferis.

Vulgate

ἤγγισεν δὲ εἰς θάνατον ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ, ἥδε ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν ᾅδῃ·

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/תִּקְרַ֣ב לַ/שַּׁ֣חַת נַפְשׁ֑/וֹ וְ֝/חַיָּת֗/וֹ לַֽ/מְמִתִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם
hqrbtm
verb · 283×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 752×
שַּׁ֣חַת
shcht
noun · 22×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 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 a
  • Job 33:28 — He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
  • Job 33:28 — He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
  • Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
  • Ps 88:3 — For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.