He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
- KJV Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
- NKJV Yes, his soul draws near the Pit, And his life to the executioners.
- NASB “Then his soul comes near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death.
- NLT They are at death’s door; the angels of death wait for them.
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Quick answer
God will place Moses in a cleft of the rock and cover him with His hand as His glory passes. Divine protection makes the encounter possible.
Overview
God shields Moses by hiding him in the rock and covering him until the glory has passed. The imagery of being hidden and covered speaks of God's protecting grace. Believers have long seen here a picture of finding refuge in Christ, hidden in the cleft of the Rock from the consuming holiness of God.
Cross-references & the web
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- Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
- 2 Sam 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 time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Isa 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.”
- Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
- Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
- Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
- Job 17:13–16If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
- Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- 1 Cor 10:10And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
- Ps 30:3O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
- Ps 88:3–5For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
- Ps 17:4As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
- Exod 12:23When 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 the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
- Rev 9:11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
- 1 Sam 2:6The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
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