Job 33:20

Modern

…so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

Traditional

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

Literal

…and his life abhors bread, and his soul food of desire.

Latin

Abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis, et animæ illius cibus ante desiderabilis.

Hebrew

English

…so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

Theme notes and profiles

Job 3:24
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Psalm 107:17–18
Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
Jeremiah 3:19
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.