Job 33:22
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
BSB
ASV
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
KJV
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
His soul shall draw near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers. For the soul of every just man when tempted is said to draw near to corruption, when, for fear his virtue should elate him, he is compelled by the rod to feel what he is in his own natural infirmity. He approaches, in truth, to corruption, because he learns that by his own strength he is not far from destruction, in order that he may ascribe not to himself but to the Lord, that he is far from that destruction.
His soul draweth near unto the grave - נפש nephesh, soul, is here taken for the immortal spirit, as it is distinguished from חיה chaiyah, the animal life. The former draws near to the pit, שחת shachath, corruption; perhaps he meant dissipation, considering it merely as the breath. The latter draws near לממתים lamemithim, to the dead; i.e., to those who are already buried.
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Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
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Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
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Psalms 30:3O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
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For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
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2 Samuel 24:16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that…
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When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow…
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Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
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I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
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