Job 33:21
His flesh shall fail for rot, and his bones, that were covered, shall be made naked.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
22His soul shall nigh to corruption, and his life to things bringing death.
Cross References
Job 13:28And I shall be wasted as rot, and as a cloth, that is eaten of a moth. (And I shall be wasted by rot, and like a cloak, that is eaten by a moth.)
Job 14:22Nevertheless his flesh, while he liveth, shall have sorrow, and his soul shall mourn (thinking) upon himself.
Job 19:20When my fleshes were wasted, my bone (s) cleaved to my skin; and only [the] lips be left about my teeth (or and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth).
Psalms 32:3For I was still, my bones waxed eld; while I cried all day. (For when I kept silent or For when I did not confess my sins, my bones grew old; while I cried all day long.)
Psalms 102:3For my days have failed as smoke; and my bones have dried up as croutons/as cracklings, either (the) leaving (s) of frying. (For my days have vanished like smoke; and my bones have dried up like croutons.)
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 →