Job 33 · Verse 21

Job 33:21

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Job 33:21, King James Version

Job 33:21 in other translations

BSBHis flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
WEBHis flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
ASVHis flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.
YLTHis flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!
DARBYHis flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;
BBEHis flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones....
WebsterHis flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

What does Job 33:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. His flesh once prominent "can no more be seen." His bones once not seen now appear prominent. stick out--literally, "are bare." The Margin, Hebrew (Keri) reading. The text (Chetib) reads it a noun "(are become) bareness." The Keri was no doubt an explanatory reading of transcribers.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 His flesh is consumed away - As in atrophy, marasmus, and consumptive complaints in general.

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…

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Job 33:21 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.

יִ֣כֶלYi.khelit wastes awayH3615
בְּשָׂר֣וֹbe.sa.Roflesh hisH1320
מֵרֹ֑אִיme.Ro.'ifrom sightH7210
וְשֻׁפּ֥וּu.she.fiand they are laid bareH8192
עַ֝צְמוֹתָ֗יוatz.mo.Tavbones hisH6106
לֹ֣אlo'[which] notH3808
רֻאּֽוּ\׃ru'.'Uthey were seenH7200

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

Cross references for Job 33:21

  • Job 19:20

    My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

  • Job 13:28

    And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

  • Job 7:5

    My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

  • Proverbs 5:11

    And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

  • Job 14:22

    But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

  • Psalms 102:3-5

    For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

  • Psalms 22:15-17

    My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

  • Psalms 32:3-4

    When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

  • Psalms 39:11

    When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

  • Job 14:20

    Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

  • Job 16:8

    And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
His flesh.
7:5; 13:28; 14:20,22; 19:20; Ps 32:3,4; 39:11; 102:3-5; Pr 5:11
his bones.
Ps 22:15-17

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Context

  • Job 33:20

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

  • Job 33:21

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

  • Job 33:22

    Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

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Job 33:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Su carne desfallece sin verse, y sus huesos, que antes no se veían, aparecen.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Sa chair est consumée et ne se voit plus, et ses os, qu’on ne voyait pas, sont mis à nu;
German
Elberfelder 1871		sein Fleisch zehrt ab, daß man es nicht mehr sieht, und entblößt sind seine Knochen, die nicht gesehen wurden;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tabescet caro ejus, et ossa, quæ tecta fuerant, nudabuntur.