New English Translation
Job 33:21
21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.
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
19Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones, 20so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare. His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible. 22He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death. 23If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;
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 clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
- Job 13:28So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
- Job 14:20You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.
- Job 19:20My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.
- Psalms 32:3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
- Psalms 39:11You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)
- Psalms 102:3For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
- Proverbs 5:11And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.
- Psalms 22:15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me 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
Topics related to Job 33:21
In the dictionaries
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
New English Translation — © 1996-2016 Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C.
Commentaries