Job 33:21

Modern

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

Traditional

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

Literal

His flesh is consumed from sight, and his bones that were not seen are laid bare.

Latin

Tabescet caro ejus, et ossa, quæ tecta fuerant, nudabuntur.

Hebrew

English

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

Theme notes and profiles

Job 19:20
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
Job 13:28
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Proverbs 5:11
At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
Job 16:8
You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
Job 14:20
You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
Psalm 39:11
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
Psalm 32:3–4
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Job 14:22
He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
Psalm 102:3–5
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Psalm 22:15–17
My 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.