God’s Word Translation
Job 33:21
21Their flesh becomes so thin that it can’t be seen. Their bones, not seen before, will be exposed.
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
19In pain on their sickbeds, they are disciplined with endless aching in their bones 20so that their whole being hates food and they lose their appetite for a delicious meal. Their flesh becomes so thin that it can’t be seen. Their bones, not seen before, will be exposed. 22Their souls approach the pit. Their lives come close to those already dead. 23“If they have a messenger for them, a spokesman, one in a thousand, to tell people what is right for them,
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 body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin is crusted over with sores; then they ooze.
- Job 13:28I am like worn-out wineskins, like moth-eaten clothes.
- Job 14:20You overpower him forever, and he passes away. You change his appearance and send him away.
- Job 19:20I am skin and bones, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent ⌞about my sins⌟, my bones began to weaken because of my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 39:11With stern warnings you discipline people for their crimes. Like a moth you eat away at what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a whisper in the wind. Selah
- Psalms 102:3My days disappear like smoke. My bones burn like hot coals.
- Proverbs 5:11Then you will groan when your end comes, when your body and flesh are consumed. You will say,
- Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in 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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