Job 33 · Verse 19

Job 33:19

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Job 33:19, King James Version

Job 33:19 in other translations

BSBA man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
WEB“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
ASVHe is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;
YLTAnd he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring.
DARBYHe is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;
BBEPain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;
WebsterHe is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

What does Job 33:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. When man does not heed warnings of the night, he is chastened, &c. The new thought suggested by Elihu is that affliction is disciplinary (Job 36:10); for the good of the godly. multitude--so the Margin, Hebrew (Keri). Better with the text (Chetib), "And with the perpetual (strong) contest of his bones"; the never-resting fever in his bones (Psa 38:3) [Umbreit].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 IV. By Afflictions He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, etc. - Afflictions are a fourth means which God makes use of to awaken and convert sinners. In the hand of God these were the cause of the salvation of David, as himself testifies: Before I was afflicted, I went astray, Psa 119:67, Psa 119:71, Psa 119:75. The multitude of his bones - By such diseases, especially those of a rheumatic kind, when to the patient's apprehension every bone is diseased, broken, or out of joint. Some render the passage, When the multitude of his bones is yet strong; meaning those sudden afflictions which fall upon men when in a state of great firmness and vigor. The original, ורוב עצמיו אתן verob atsamaiv ethan, may be translated, And the strong multitude of his bones. Even the strong multitude of his bones is chastened with pain upon his bed; the place of rest and ease affording him no peace, quiet, or comfort. The bones may be well termed multitudinous, as there are no less than 10 in the cranium, or skull; upper jaw, 13; lower jaw, 1; teeth, 32; tongue, 1; vertebrae, or back-bone, 24; ribs, 24; sternum, or breast-bone, 3; os innominatum, 1; scapula, or shoulder-blades, 2; arms, 6; hands, 54; thigh-bones, 2; knee-bones, 2; legs, 4; feet, 54: in all, not less than 233 bones, without reckoning the ossa sethamoides; because, though often numerous, they are found only in hard laborers, or elderly persons.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 33:19-28
Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God often afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will be of great use for our getting good from sickness, in and by which God speaks to men. Pain is the fruit of sin; yet, by the grace of God, the pain of the body is often made a means of good to the soul. When afflictions have done their work, they shall be removed. A ransom or propitiation is found. Jesus Christ is the Messenger and the Ransom, so Elihu calls him, as Job had called him his Redeemer, for he is both the Purchaser and the Price, the Priest and the sacrifice. So high was the value of souls, that nothing less would redeem them; and so great the hurt done by sin, that nothing less would atone for it, than the blood of the Son of God, who gave his life a ransom for many. A blessed change follows. Recovery from sickness is a mercy indeed, when it proceeds from the remission of sin. All that truly repent of their sins, shall find mercy with God. The works of darkness are unfruitful works; all the gains of sin will come far short of the damage. We must, with a broken and contrite heart, confess our sins to God, 1Jo 1:9. We must confess the fact of sin; and not try to justify or excuse ourselves. We must confess the fault of sin; I have perverted that which was right. We must confess the folly of sin; So foolish have I been and ignorant. Is there not good reason why we should make such a confession?

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 33:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהוּכַ֣חve.hu.Khachand he is chastenedH3198
בְּ֭מַכְאוֹבBe.makh.'ovwith painH4341
עַל\־'al-onH5921
מִשְׁכָּב֑וֹmish.ka.Vobed hisH4904
וְר֖וֹבve.rivand [the] multitude ofH7230
עֲצָמָ֣יו'a.tza.Mavbones hisH6106
אֵתָֽן\׃'e.Tan[is] constantH386

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 33:19

  • Job 30:17

    My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

  • Job 5:17-18

    Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  • Psalms 119:71

    It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:32

    But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

  • Psalms 94:12

    Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

  • Deuteronomy 8:5

    Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:10

    Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

  • Psalms 119:67

    Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

  • Revelation 3:19

    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  • Isaiah 27:9

    By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

  • Job 7:4

    When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

  • Psalms 38:1-8

    A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
chastened.
5:17,18; De 8:5; Ps 94:12; 119:67,71; Isa 27:9; 1Co 11:32; Re 3:19
pain.
7:4; 20:11; 30:17; 2Ch 16:10,12; Ps 38:1-8; Isa 37:12,13

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Context

  • Job 33:18

    He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

  • Job 33:19

    He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

  • Job 33:20

    So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

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Job 33:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		También sobre su cama es castigado con dolor fuerte en todos sus huesos,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il est châtié aussi sur son lit par la douleur, et la lutte de ses os est continuelle,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Auch wird er gezüchtigt mit Schmerzen auf seinem Lager und mit beständigem Kampf in seinen Gebeinen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Increpat quoque per dolorem in lectulo, et omnia ossa ejus marcescere facit.