Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

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.

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 will consume away from seeing, and they saw not the nakedness of his bones. 22 And his soul will draw near to the pit, and his life to the dead. 23 If there is a messenger upon him, an interpreter, one from a thousand, to announce to man his uprightness:

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

And the messenger will stretch forth his hand to destroy Jerusalem, and Jehovah will lament for the evil, and he will say to the messenger destroying among the people, Much now: let go thy hand. And the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Exodus 12:23

And Jehovah passed over to strike the Egyptians; and he saw the blood upon the lintel, and upon the two doorposts, and Jehovah passed by the door and will not give him destroying to come in to your houses to strike.

1 Samuel 2:6

Jehovah killing and giving life; bringing down to hades and bringing up.

Job 7:7

Remember that my life is wind: mine eyes shall not turn back to see good

Job 15:21

The voice of fears in his ears: in peace he destroying shall come upon him.

Job 17:1

My spirit being destroyed my days were extinct; the graves are for me.

Job 17:13-16

If I shall wait, hades is my house: in darkness I spread my bed.

Job 33:28

Redeem my soul from passing into the pit, and my life shall look upon light

Psalm 17:4

For the works of men, by the word of thy lips I watched the ways of the violent one.

Psalm 30:3

O Jehovah, thou broughtest up my soul from hades: thou didst save me alive from those going down to the pit

Psalm 88:3-5

For my soul was filled with evils, and my life touched upon hades.

Isaiah 38:10

I said in the quiet of my days, I shall go to the gates of hades: I was missed the remainder of my years.

Acts 12:23

And immediately the messenger of the Lord struck him, because he gave not the glory to God: and eaten by worms, he expired.

1 Corinthians 10:10

Neither do ye murmur, as also some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Revelation 9:11

And they have a king over them, the angel of the abyss, the name to him in Hebrew Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

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