Job 33:20

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

So that his life maketh loathsome his food, and his soul, dainty meat;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
so that he detests bread,and his soul despises his favorite food.

Hebrew Names Version
So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.

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

English Standard Version
so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite the choicest food.

New Century Version
They may be in such pain that they even hate food, even the very best meal.

New English Translation
so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

Amplified Bible
So that his life makes him loathe food, And his soul [loathe] even his favorite dishes.

New American Standard Bible
So that his life loathes bread, And his soul, food that he should crave.

World English Bible
So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So that his life causeth him to abhorre bread, and his soule daintie meate.

Legacy Standard Bible
So that his life loathes bread,And his soul favorite food.

Berean Standard Bible
so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

Contemporary English Version
Merely the thought of our favorite food makes our stomachs sick,

Complete Jewish Bible
so that he detests bread as well as richer food.

Darby Translation
And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;

Easy-to-Read Version
They feel so bad they cannot eat. Even the best food makes them sick.

George Lamsa Translation
So that his flesh fails because of his fear, and his soul is not satisfied with bread, and covets food.

Good News Translation
Those who are sick lose their appetites, and even the finest food looks revolting.

Lexham English Bible
so that his life loathes bread, and his inner self loathes appetizing food.

Literal Translation
so that his life loathes bread, and his soul desirable food.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so that his life maye awaye wt no bred, & his soule abhorreth to eate eny dayntie meate:

American Standard Version
So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

Bible in Basic English
He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So that his life maketh him to abhor bread, and his soul dainty food.

King James Version (1611)
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soule daintie meate.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So that his lyfe may away with no bread, and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntie meate:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat;

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Breed is maad abhomynable to hym in his lijf, and mete desirable `bifor to his soule.

Update Bible Version
So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.

Webster's Bible Translation
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food.

New King James Version
So that his life abhors bread, And his soul succulent food.

New Living Translation
They lose their appetite for even the most delicious food.

New Life Bible
So he hates bread, and has no desire for fine foods.

New Revised Standard
so that their lives loathe bread, and their appetites dainty food.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.

Revised Standard Version
so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite dainty food.

Young's Literal Translation
And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Or he is chastised with pain, upon his bed, and, the strife of his bones, is unceasing! ²⁰ So that his life maketh loathsome his food, and his soul, dainty meat; ²¹ His flesh wasteth away out of sight, and bared are the bones once unseen; ²² So doth his soul draw near to the pit, and his life to the inflicters of death: ²³ If there hath been near him a messenger who could interpret - one of a thousand, to declare to the son of earth His uprightness, ²⁴ Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption! ²⁵ His flesh hath been made fresher than a child's, he hath returned to the days of his youth; ²⁶ He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness. ²⁷ He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not; ²⁸ He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit, - and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.

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

Genesis 8:20
And Noah builded an altar to Yahweh, - and took of all the clean beasts and of all the clean birds, and caused ascending Sacrifices to go up on the altar.

Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron, - and built there an altar to Yahweh.

Genesis 21:33
Then planted he a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, - and called there on the name of Yahweh the age-abiding GOD.

Genesis 32:28
Then he said - Not Jacob, shall thy name be called any more, but Israel, - For thou hast contended with God and with men and hast prevailed.

Genesis 33:7
Then came near Leah also with her children, - and they bowed themselves. And afterwards, came near Joseph with Rachel, and they bowed themselves,

Genesis 33:8
Then said he, What to thee is all this camp, which I have fallen in with? And he said, - To find favour in the eyes of my lord.

Genesis 35:7
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el, - because, there, God revealed himself 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.