Job 33:21
His flesh is consumed from being seen, || And his bones are high, they were not seen!
Literal Standard 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
20And his life has nauseated bread, || And his soul desirable food.
22And his soul draws near to the pit, || And his life to those causing death.
Cross References
Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, wears away, || A moth has consumed him as a garment.”
Job 14:22Only—his flesh is pained for him, || And his soul mourns for him.”
Job 19:20To my skin and to my flesh || My bone has cleaved, || And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 32:3When I have kept silence, my bones have become old, || Through my roaring all the day.
Psalms 102:3For my days have been consumed in smoke, || And my bones have burned as a firebrand.
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 →