Job 33:19
He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
In Context
18Rescuing his soul from corruption : and his life from passing to the sword.
20Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:10And Asa was angry with the seer, and commanded him to be put in prison: for he was greatly enraged because of this thing: and he put to death many of the people at that time.
Job 5:17Blessed is the mall whom God correcteth: refuse not therefore the chastising of the lord:
Job 20:11His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.
Job 30:17In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.
Psalms 38:4There is no health in my flesh, because of thy wrath : there is no peace for my bones, because of my sins.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:15-19
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. Job had complained that God kept him wholly in the dark concerning the meaning of his dealings with him, and therefore concluded… Read the whole commentary →