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Job 33:22

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33:22He33 draws near to the place of corruption,

and his life to the messengers of death.34

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Footnotes

  1. 33 Heb “his soul [נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh, “life”] draws near.”
  2. 34 The uses the Hiphil participle, “to those who cause death.” This seems to be a reference to the belief in demons that brought about death, an idea not mentioned in the Bible itself. Thus many proposals have been made for this expression. Hoffmann and Budde divide the word into לְמוֹ מֵתִּים (lémo metim) and simply read “to the dead.” Dhorme adds a couple of letters to get לִמְקוֹם מֵתִּים (limqom metim, “to the place [or abode] of the dead”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

His soul draws near the pit,

and his life to those who bring death.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They draw near to the pit,

and their life to the messengers of death.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He draws near to the Pit,

and his life to the executioners.

NLTNew Living Translation

They are at death’s door;

the angels of death wait for them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he draws near to the pit

and his life to the killers.

KJV 1900King James Version

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave,

And his life to the destroyers.