Job 33:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.”
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BSBPD
“so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 33:20 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:6When 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.
- Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
- Psalms 107:17Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
- Psalms 107:18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
- Jeremiah 3:19Then 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.
- Amos 5:11Therefore, 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.
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