Key Verse Spotlight
Job 33:21 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones {that} were not seen stick out.”
Job 33:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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:
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