Job 33:21
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Leeser Tanakh
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 inclination abhorreth bread, and his soul, the most agreeable food.
22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to those that slay.
Cross References
Job 13:28And yet the body decayeth like a rotten thing, as a garment that the moth hath eaten.
Job 14:22But his body. on him, feeleth pain, and his soul will mourn for him.
Job 19:20To my skin and to my flesh my bones do cleave, and I must sustain myself with the gums of my teeth.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my crying all the day.
Psalms 102:3(102:4) For my days vanish in smoke, and my bones are burning like a 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 →