Job 33:21
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Updated King James 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
20So that his life detests bread, and his soul dainty food.
22Yea, his soul draws near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Cross References
Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, consumes, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Job 14:22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
Job 19:20My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Psalms 102:3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
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 →