"His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones {that} were not seen stick out." — Job 33:21

Job 33:21 · KJV

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

— Job 33:21

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. {dainty...: Heb. meat of desire}

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

Job 33 — Context

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

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. {dainty...: Heb. meat of desire}

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

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

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Cross References

Job 19:20

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. {and to: or, as to}

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,

Psalms 32:3-4

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

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.

Job 14:22

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

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.