Job 33:20
They have no desire to eat; they do not even want their favorite dishes.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
In Context
19People are also disciplined on a bed of pain with constant aching in their bones.
21Their flesh wastes away to nothing; all that's left is skin and bones.
Cross References
Job 3:24My groans are the bread I eat; my raging tears are the water I drink.
Psalms 107:18They didn't want to eat; they were at death's door.
Amos 5:11Because you trample down the poor and impose a tax on their grain, building for yourselves impressive houses, you will not live in them, and you will not drink wine from the fine 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 →