Job 14:22

Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

In Context

21His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.

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Cross References

Job 19:22Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?

Job 33:19Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

Luke 16:23And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

Matthew Henry on Job 14:17-22

Complainings of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him… Read the whole commentary →

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