Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

And {he} draws near to the pit and his life to the killers.

New American Standard Bible

“Then his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He draws near to the Pit,
and his life to the executioners.

International Standard Version

His soul is getting close to the Pit; his life is approaching its executioner."

A Conservative Version

Yea, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Then his soul draws near to the pit [of destruction],
And his life to those who bring death (the destroyers).

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And his soul will draw near to the pit, and his life to the dead.

King James 2000

Yea, his soul draws near unto the grave, and his life to those who bring death.

Modern King James verseion

Yea, his soul draws near to the Pit, and his life to the dealers of death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

His soul draweth on to destruction, and his life to death.

NET Bible

He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

New Heart English Bible

Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

The Emphasized Bible

So doth his soul draw near to the pit, and his life to the inflicters of death:

Webster

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

World English Bible

Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

קרב 
Qarab 
Usage: 280

unto the grave
שׁחת 
Shachath 
Usage: 23

and his life
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Elihu Rebukes Job

21 His flesh is wasted away from sight, and his bones, [which] are invisible, are bared. 22 And {he} draws near to the pit and his life to the killers. 23 "If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness



Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, Yahweh regretted about the evil, and he said to the angel who brought destruction among the people, "Enough, now relax your hand." Now the angel of Yahweh [was] at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Exodus 12:23

And Yahweh will go through to strike Egypt, and he will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Yahweh will pass over the doorway and will not allow the destroyer to come to your houses to strike [you].

1 Samuel 2:6

Yahweh kills and restores alive, he brings down [to] Sheol and raises up.

Job 7:7

Remember that my life [is] a breath; my eye will not return to see good.

Job 15:21

Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him.

Job 17:1

"My spirit is pulled down; my days are extinguished; [the] graveyard [is] for me.

Job 17:13-16

If I hope [for] Sheol [as] my house, [if] I spread my couch in the darkness,

Job 33:28

He redeemed my life from going down into the pit, so {I will enjoy the light}.'

Psalm 17:4

As for [the] works of humankind, by the word of your lips, I have kept [from] the ways of [the] violent.

Psalm 30:3

O Yahweh, you have brought my life up from Sheol. You preserved me alive from among those going down to [the] pit.

Psalm 88:3-5

For my soul is full with troubles, and my life approaches Sheol.

Isaiah 38:10

I was the one who said, "I must go in the quiet of my days; I am summoned through the gates of Sheol [for] the rest of my years."

Acts 12:23

And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down {because} he did not give the glory to God. And he was eaten by worms [and] died.

1 Corinthians 10:10

nor grumble, just as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Revelation 9:11

They have [as] king over them the angel of the abyss, {whose name} in Hebrew [is] Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

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