A moment in scripture
Job 33:22
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Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
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The surrounding passage
- Job 33:20
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
- Job 33:21
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
- Job 33:23
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
- Job 33:24
Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.