Job 33:21

21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.

Job 33:21 in Other Translations

21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.

21 Their flesh wastes away, and their bones stick out.

21 They lose weight, wasting away to nothing, reduced to a bag of bones.

21 His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his unseen bones stick out.

Job 33:21 Meaning and Commentary

Job 33:21

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen
All being gone, none left to be seen, nothing but skin and bones; and this partly through the vehemence of strong pain, and partly through the nausea of food; not being able to take anything for nourishment and the support of the fluids, and so quite emaciated:

and his bones [that] were not seen stick out:
which before were covered with flesh and fat, so that they could not be seen; but now the flesh and fat being wasted, they seem as if they rose up in an eminence, and stood out to be beheld; this was also Job's case, being reduced to a mere skeleton, ( Job 19:20 ) . Elihu, in this description of an afflicted man, seems to have Job chiefly in view, and by this would intimate to him that God had been, and was speaking to him by those afflictions, which he would do well to advert unto.

Job 33:21 In-Context

19 “Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones,

20 so that their body finds food repulsive and their soul loathes the choicest meal.

21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.

22 They draw near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death.

23 Yet if there is an angel at their side, a messenger, one out of a thousand, sent to tell them how to be upright,

Cross References

• 1. S Job 2:5
• 2. S Job 16:8; Job 19:20