American Standard Version
Job 33:21
21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen;And his bones that were not seen stick out.
Job 33:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
- New International Version (NIV)Their flesh wastes away to nothing, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.
- English Standard Version (ESV)His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out which once were not seen.
Context of Job 33:21
19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones; 20So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food. His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out. 22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers. 23If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;
Read all of Job 33Job 33:21 word by word
יִ֣כֶל בְּשָׂר֣וֹ מֵרֹ֑אִי וְשֻׁפּ֥וּ עַ֝צְמוֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א רֻאּֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 33:21
- Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
- Job 13:28Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
- Job 14:20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
- Job 19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
- Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. [Selah
- Psalms 102:3For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
- Proverbs 5:11And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
- Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Commentaries on Job 33:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21His flesh is consumed away - As in atrophy, marasmus, and consumptive complaints in general.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen - He wastes away. His flesh, once vigorous, beautiful, and fair, now disappears. This is not a mere description of the nature of his sickness, but it is a description of the disciplinary arrangements of God. It is an important part of his affliction, as a part of the discipline, that his flesh vanishes, and that his appearance is so changed that he becomes repulsive to the view. And his bones that were…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-28Verses 19-28 Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God often afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will be of great 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 afflictions have done their work, they shall…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. His flesh once prominent "can no more be seen." His bones once not seen now appear prominent. stick out--literally, "are bare." The Margin, Hebrew (Keri) reading. The text (Chetib) reads it a noun "(are become) bareness." The Keri was no doubt an explanatory reading of transcribers.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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