Job 33:21
His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.
22His soul hath drawn near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers.
Cross References
Job 13:28Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is moth-eaten.
Job 14:22But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him.
Job 19:20The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.
Psalms 32:3Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long.
Psalms 102:3Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
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 →