Christian Standard Bible
Job 33:21
21His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his unseen bones 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
19A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones, 20so that he detests bread, and his soul despises his favorite food. His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his unseen bones stick out. 22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the executioners. 23If there is an angel on his side, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:21
- Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. My skin forms scabs and then oozes.
- Job 13:28A person wears out like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
- Job 14:20You completely overpower him, and he passes on; you change his appearance and send him away.
- Job 19:20My skin and my flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 39:11You discipline a person with punishment for iniquity, consuming like a moth what is precious to him; yes, every human being is only a vapor.Selah
- Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
- Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed,
- Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put 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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