Job 33:20
so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
In Context
19A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
Cross References
Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Psalms 107:18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
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 →