Job 33:21
His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!
Young's Literal Translation
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 hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
22And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.
Cross References
Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
Job 14:22Only — his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'
Job 19:20To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 32:3When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.
Psalms 102:3For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
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 →