Job 33:20
so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
In Context
19“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
21His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
Cross References
Job 3:24For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
Psalms 107:18Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
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 →