Job 33:21
His body will waste away, and his bones, which had been covered, will be revealed.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
In Context
20Bread becomes abominable to him in his life, and, to his soul, the meat which before he desired.
22His soul has approached corruption, and his life has drawn near to what is deadly.
Cross References
Job 13:28I will be left to decay like something rotten and like a garment that is being eaten by moths.
Job 14:22And in this way his body, while he yet lives, will have grief, and his soul will mourn over himself.
Job 19:20Since my flesh has been consumed, my bone adheres to my skin, and only my lips have been left around my teeth.
Psalms 32:3Sing to him a new song. Sing psalms to him skillfully, with loud exclamation.
Psalms 102:3He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your infirmities.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:20-29
19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down… Read the whole commentary →