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22 They are at death’s door;
    the angels of death wait for them.

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16 But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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11 Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon—the Destroyer.

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10 And don’t grumble as some of them did, and then were destroyed by the angel of death.

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23 Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people’s worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.

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10 I said, “In the prime of my life,
    must I now enter the place of the dead?[a]
    Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”

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Footnotes

  1. 38:10 Hebrew enter the gates of Sheol?

For my life is full of troubles,
    and death[a] draws near.
I am as good as dead,
    like a strong man with no strength left.
They have left me among the dead,
    and I lie like a corpse in a grave.
I am forgotten,
    cut off from your care.

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  1. 88:3 Hebrew Sheol.

You brought me up from the grave,[a] O Lord.
    You kept me from falling into the pit of death.

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  1. 30:3 Hebrew from Sheol.

I have followed your commands,
    which keep me from following cruel and evil people.

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28 God rescued me from the grave,
    and now my life is filled with light.’

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13 What if I go to the grave[a]
    and make my bed in darkness?
14 What if I call the grave my father,
    and the maggot my mother or my sister?
15 Where then is my hope?
    Can anyone find it?
16 No, my hope will go down with me to the grave.
    We will rest together in the dust!”

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Footnotes

  1. 17:13 Hebrew to Sheol; also in 17:16.

Job Continues to Defend His Innocence

17 “My spirit is crushed,
    and my life is nearly snuffed out.
    The grave is ready to receive me.

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21 The sound of terror rings in their ears,
    and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.

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O God, remember that my life is but a breath,
    and I will never again feel happiness.

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The Lord gives both death and life;
    he brings some down to the grave[a] but raises others up.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 Hebrew to Sheol.

23 For the Lord will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, the Lord will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down.

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