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 consumed 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 is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness;

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD himself repented of that evil and said to the angel that was destroying the people, It is enough; stay now thy hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingfloor of Araunah, the Jebusite.

Exodus 12:23

For the LORD will pass through smiting the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over that door and will not allow the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

1 Samuel 2:6

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

Job 7:7

Remember thou that my life is wind and that my eyes shall not return to see good.

Job 15:21

Fearful sounds are in his ears; in peace the destroyer shall come upon him.

Job 17:1

My breath is corrupt, my days are cut off, and the grave is ready for me.

Job 17:13-16

If I wait, Sheol is my house; I have made my bed in the darkness.

Job 33:28

God will ransom his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Psalm 17:4

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have observed the ways of the violent.

Psalm 30:3

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; thou gavest me life from my descent into the grave.

Psalm 88:3-5

for my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near unto Sheol.

Isaiah 38:10

I said in the cutting off of my days; I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Acts 12:23

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him because he did not give God the glory, and he expired eaten of worms.

1 Corinthians 10:10

Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured and perished by the destroyer.

Revelation 9:11

And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon meaning destroyer.

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