Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

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

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 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 wastes away, not seen; and his bones laid bare; they were not seen. 22 Yea, his soul draws near to the Pit, and his life to the dealers of death. 23 If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare for man his uprightness,

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah turned from the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, Enough! And stay your hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite.

Exodus 12:23

For Jehovah will pass through to strike the Egyptians. And when He sees the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.

1 Samuel 2:6

Jehovah kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

Job 7:7

Remember that my life is a breath; my eye shall no more see good.

Job 15:21

A dreadful sound of things is in his ears; the destroyer shall come to him in peace.

Job 17:1

My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the graves are ready for me.

Job 17:13-16

If I wait for the grave as my home, I have made my bed in the darkness;

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my soul from passing over into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.

Psalm 17:4

Concerning the works of men, by the Words of Your lips, I am kept from the paths of the destroyer.

Psalm 30:3

O Jehovah, You have brought up my soul from the grave; You have kept me alive, so that I should not go down to the Pit.

Psalm 88:3-5

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near the grave.

Isaiah 38:10

I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave; I have numbered the rest of my years.

Acts 12:23

And immediately the angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and gave up the spirit.

1 Corinthians 10:10

Nor murmur as some of them also murmured and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Revelation 9:11

And they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in Greek his name is Apollyon.

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