Job 33:20
So that his life detests bread, and his soul dainty food.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
In Context
19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Cross References
Job 3:24For my sighing comes before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Psalms 107:18Their soul detests all manner of food; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Amos 5:11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and all of you take from him burdens of wheat: all of you have built houses of hewn stone, but all of you shall not dwell in them; all of you have planted pleasant vineyards, but all of you shall not drink wine of them.
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 →