Job 33:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 33:21 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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

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