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Job 33:21
Job 33:21 is verse 21 of Job chapter 33, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
King James Version
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.
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Job 33:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
20 so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
22 He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
23 Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Job 14:20You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
Job 14:22He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Psalms 32:4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
Psalms 39:11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Psalms 102:4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
Psalms 102:5Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Psalms 22:17I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.