King James Version

Job 33:22

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

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וַתִּקְרַ֣בvatiqravand approachקָרַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and approach”, the next action in the storyH7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose(cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.לַשַּׁ֣חַתlashachatto destructionשַׁחַתpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to destruction”, the ordinary formH7845a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destructioncorruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.נַפְשׁ֑וֹnafshvocreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹvechayatvoand lifeחַיconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.לַֽמְמִתִֽיםlammitimto dieמוּתpreposition, with the article, verb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “to die”, a verb used as a describing wordH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

Young’s Literal Translation

And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

World English Bible

Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

Darby Translation

And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

Douay-Rheims

His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

His soul also draws nigh to death, and his life is in Hades.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἤγγισε δὲ εἰς θάνατον ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ, ἡ δὲ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν ᾅδῃ·