Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

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).

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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 so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ... 22 And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death. 23 If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;



Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Exodus 12:23

For the Lord will go through the land, sending death on the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the two sides and the top of the door, the Lord will go over your door and will not let death come in for your destruction.

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.

Job 7:7

O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.

Job 15:21

A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

Job 17:1

My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.

Job 17:13-16

If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;

Job 33:28

He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

Psalm 88:3-5

For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

Acts 12:23

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

1 Corinthians 10:10

And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them.

Revelation 9:11

They have over them as king the angel of the great deep: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek language Apollyon.

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