Job 33:21

21 His body becomes so thin there is almost nothing left of it, and his bones that were hidden now 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 A person may be corrected while in bed in great pain; he may have continual pain in his very bones.

20 He may be in such pain that he even hates food, even the very best meal.

21 His body becomes so thin there is almost nothing left of it, and his bones that were hidden now stick out.

22 He is near death, and his life is almost over.

23 "But there may be an angel to speak for him, one out of a thousand, who will tell him what to do.