SEV Biblia, Chapter 33:22
Y su alma se acercarį al sepulcro, y su vida a los enterradores.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Job 33:22
Verse 22. His soul draweth near unto the grave ] ¨pn nephesh, soul, is here taken for the immortal spirit, as it is distinguished from hyj chaiyah, the animal life. The former draws near to the pit, tj¨ shachath, corruption; perhaps he meant dissipation, considering it merely as the breath. The latter draws near µytmml lamemithim, to the dead; i.e., to those who are already buried. Mr. Good translates it the Destinies; and supposes the same is meant among the HEBREWS by the Memithim, as among the GREEKS by their moirai; the LATINS, by their Parcae; the GOTHS, by their Fatal Sisters; the SCANDINAVIANS, by their goddess Hela; and the ARABIANS, by Azrael, or the angel of death. I think, however, the signification given above is more natural.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 19-28 - Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was angr with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God ofte afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will be of grea use for our getting good from sickness, in and by which God speaks to men. Pain is the fruit of sin; yet, by the grace of God, the pain of the body is often made a means of good to the soul. When affliction have done their work, they shall be removed. A ransom or propitiatio is found. Jesus Christ is the Messenger and the Ransom, so Elihu call him, as Job had called him his Redeemer, for he is both the Purchase and the Price, the Priest and the sacrifice. So high was the value of souls, that nothing less would redeem them; and so great the hurt don by sin, that nothing less would atone for it, than the blood of the So of God, who gave his life a ransom for many. A blessed change follows Recovery from sickness is a mercy indeed, when it proceeds from the remission of sin. All that truly repent of their sins, shall find merc with God. The works of darkness are unfruitful works; all the gains of sin will come far short of the damage. We must, with a broken an contrite heart, confess our sins to God, 1Jo 1:9. We must confess the fact of sin; and not try to justify or excuse ourselves. We mus confess the fault of sin; I have perverted that which was right. We must confess the folly of sin; So foolish have I been and ignorant. I there not good reason why we should make such a confession?
Original Hebrew
ותקרב 7126 לשׁחת 7845 נפשׁו 5315 וחיתו 2416 לממתים׃ 4191
