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Job 33:20
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so that he detests bread,and his soul despises his favorite food.
So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite the choicest food.
They may be in such pain that they even hate food, even the very best meal.
so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.
So that his life makes him loathe food, And his soul [loathe] even his favorite dishes.
So that his life loathes bread, And his soul, food that he should crave.
So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.
So that his life causeth him to abhorre bread, and his soule daintie meate.
So that his life loathes bread,And his soul favorite food.
so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
Merely the thought of our favorite food makes our stomachs sick,
so that he detests bread as well as richer food.
And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;
They feel so bad they cannot eat. Even the best food makes them sick.
So that his flesh fails because of his fear, and his soul is not satisfied with bread, and covets food.
Those who are sick lose their appetites, and even the finest food looks revolting.
so that his life loathes bread, and his inner self loathes appetizing food.
so that his life loathes bread, and his soul desirable food.
so that his life maye awaye wt no bred, & his soule abhorreth to eate eny dayntie meate:
So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.
He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soule daintie meate.
So that his lyfe may away with no bread, and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntie meate:
And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat;
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
Breed is maad abhomynable to hym in his lijf, and mete desirable `bifor to his soule.
So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food.
So that his life abhors bread, And his soul succulent food.
They lose their appetite for even the most delicious food.
So he hates bread, and has no desire for fine foods.
so that their lives loathe bread, and their appetites dainty food.
So that his life maketh loathsome his food, and his soul, dainty meat;
Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.
so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite dainty food.
And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
his life: Psalms 107:17, Psalms 107:18
dainty meat: Heb. meat of desire, Genesis 3:6, Jeremiah 3:19, Amos 5:11, *marg.
Reciprocal: Job 33:28 - see Daniel 10:3 - pleasant bread
Cross-References
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
And he said unto him: 'What is thy name?' And be said: 'Jacob.'
And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed down; and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed down.
And he said: 'What meanest thou by all this camp which I met?' And he said: 'To find favour in the sight of my lord.'
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el, because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So that his life abhorreth bread,.... Through the force of pain he loses his appetite for food, and even a nausea of it takes place; he loathes it as the most abominable and filthy thing that can be thought of; even bread, so necessary to the support of human life, so strengthening to the heart of man, and what he every day stands in need of, and should pray for, and in health is never weary of; it may be put for all common and useful food:
and his soul dainty meat; the most rich and delicious; such as the tables of the great and rich are furnished with: "food of desire" p; or desirable food, as it may be rendered; see Daniel 10:3; such as in the time of health the appetite craves and desires, and is fed on with delight and pleasure, but now had in the utmost aversion. Pains and diseases of body often produce such a nausea in men, Psalms 107:17, and was Job's case, Job 3:24.
p מאכל תאוה "cibum desiderii", Vatablus, Drusius, Michaelis; "cibum appetentiae", Mercerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
So that his life abhorreth bread - It is a common effect of sickness to take away the appetite. Elihu here regards it as a part of the wholesome discipline of the sufferer. He has no relish for the comforts of life.
And his soul dainty meat - Margin, “meat of desire.” The Hebrew is, “food of desire.” The word rendered “meat” (מאכל ma'ăkâl) does not denote animal food only, but any kind of food. So the Old English word meat was used. The idea is, that the sick man loathes the most delicate food. It is a part of his discipline that the pleasure which he had in the days of his health is now taken away.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 33:20. His life abhorreth bread — These expressions strongly and naturally point out that general nausea, or loathing which sick persons feel in almost every species of disorder.
