King James Version
Job 33:21 in the King James Version says “His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out .” — study this verse from Job chapter 33 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out .”
Job 33:21 · KJV
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is consumed away”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“His flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
“that it cannot be seen”
H7210sight, whether abstractly (vision) or concretely (a spectacle)
“and his bones”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that were not seen”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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