Job 33:21
New International Version
Their flesh wastes away to nothing, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.

New Living Translation
Their flesh wastes away, and their bones stick out.

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

Berean Standard Bible
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

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

New King James Version
His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out which once were not seen.

New American Standard Bible
“His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones, which were not seen, stick out.

NASB 1995
“His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out.

NASB 1977
“His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out.

Legacy Standard Bible
His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out.

Amplified Bible
“His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, And his bones which were not seen now stick out.

Christian Standard Bible
His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his unseen bones stick out.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his unseen bones stick out.

American Standard Version
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He will consume his flesh from fear, and the multitude of his bones he will not see

Brenton Septuagint Translation
until his flesh shall be consumed, and he shall shew his bones bare.

Contemporary English Version
and we become so skinny that our bones stick out.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Their flesh becomes so thin that it can't be seen. Their bones, not seen before, will be exposed.

Good News Translation
Their bodies waste away to nothing; you can see all their bones;

International Standard Version
His flesh wastes away; his bones, which once couldn't be seen, are visible.

JPS Tanakh 1917
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones corrode to unsightliness.

Literal Standard Version
His flesh is consumed from being seen, | And his bones are high, they were not seen!

Majority Standard Bible
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

New American Bible
His flesh is wasted, it cannot be seen; bones, once invisible, appear;

NET Bible
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

New Revised Standard Version
Their flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and their bones, once invisible, now stick out.

New Heart English Bible
His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

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

World English Bible
His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

Young's Literal Translation
His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!

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Context
Elihu Rebukes Job
20so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food. 21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude. 22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.…

Cross References
Job 16:8
You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

Job 19:20
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 22:17
I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.

Psalm 102:5
Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.


Treasury of Scripture

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

His flesh

Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

Job 13:28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Job 14:20,22
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away…

his bones

Psalm 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…

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Job 33
1. Elihu offers himself instead of God to reason with Job
8. He excuses God from giving man an account of his ways, by his greatness
14. God calls man to repentance by visions, by afflictions, and by his ministry
31. He incites Job to attention














Verse 21. - His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; literally, from the sight; but the Authorized Version gives probably the correct meaning. And his bones that were not seen stick out. These are general features of a wasting illness (comp. Psalm 22:17, "I may tell all my bones"). Such illness gives the sufferer time to review thoroughly his life and cow duct, and see to it "if there be any way of wickedness in him," or any particular form of sin to which he is tempted.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
His flesh
בְּשָׂר֣וֹ (bə·śā·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

wastes away
יִ֣כֶל (yi·ḵel)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

from sight,
מֵרֹ֑אִי (mê·rō·’î)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7210: Looking, seeing, sight

and his hidden
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

bones
עַ֝צְמוֹתָ֗יו (‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

protrude.
וְשֻׁפּ֥וּ (wə·šup·pū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8205: Bareness, a smooth or bare height


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