Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
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Gill's Exposition
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave,.... Not the soul, strictly and properly speaking, for that does not, nor is it laid in the grave at death, but returns to God that gave it; rather the body,…
Barnes' Notes
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave - That is, he himself does, for the word soul is often used to denote self. And his life to the destroyers - - לממתים lammitiym. literally, “to those causing…
Adam Clarke
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…
God has spoken once to sinners by their own consciences, to keep them from the paths of the destroyer, but they perceive it not; they are not aware that the checks their own hearts give them in a…
Cambridge Bible
the destroyers that is, perhaps, the angels that bring death; 2Sa 24:16; 1Ch 21:15; Psa 78:49.
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