Parallel Verses

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.

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 cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 “Then his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.
23 If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him,

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, "It is enough; now stay your hand." And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Exodus 12:23

For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

1 Samuel 2:6

The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

Job 7:7

"Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.

Job 15:21

Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.

Job 17:1

"My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me.

Job 17:13-16

If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness,

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.'

Psalm 17:4

With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

Psalm 30:3

O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

Psalm 88:3-5

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, In the middle of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

1 Corinthians 10:10

nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.

Revelation 9:11

They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.

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