King James Version
Job 14:22 in the King James Version says “But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.” — study this verse from Job chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.”
Job 14:22 · KJV
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But his flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon him shall have pain”
H3510properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil
“and his soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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