the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Louis Segond
Job 33:21
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- InternationalParallel Translations
Sa chair se consume et disparaît; ses os qu'on ne voyait pas, sont mis à nu.
Sa chair est consumée et ne se voit plus, et ses os, qu'on ne voyait pas, sont mis à nu;
Sa chair est tellement consumée qu'elle ne paraît plus; et ses os sont tellement brisés, qu'on n'y connaît plus rien.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
His flesh: Job 7:5, Job 13:28, Job 14:20, Job 14:22, Job 19:20, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 39:11, Psalms 102:3-5, Proverbs 5:11
his bones: Psalms 22:15-17
Reciprocal: Psalms 22:17 - I may Lamentations 4:8 - their skin Hebrews 2:15 - deliver
Gill's Notes on the Bible
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen,.... All being gone, none left to be seen, nothing but skin and bones; and this partly through the vehemence of strong pain, and partly through the nausea of food; not being able to take anything for nourishment and the support of the fluids, and so quite emaciated:
and his bones [that] were not seen stick out: which before were covered with flesh and fat, so that they could not be seen; but now the flesh and fat being wasted, they seem as if they rose up in an eminence, and stood out to be beheld; this was also Job's case, being reduced to a mere skeleton, Job 19:20. Elihu, in this description of an afflicted man, seems to have Job chiefly in view, and by this would intimate to him that God had been, and was speaking to him by those afflictions, which he would do well to advert unto.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen - He wastes away. His flesh, once vigorous, beautiful, and fair, now disappears. This is not a mere description of the nature of his sickness, but it is a description of the disciplinary arrangements of God. It is an important part of his affliction, as a part of the discipline, that his flesh vanishes, and that his appearance is so changed that he becomes repulsive to the view.
And his bones that were not seen, stick out - His bones were before invisible. They were carefully concealed by the rounded muscle, and by the fat which filled up the interstices, so that they were not offensive to the view. But now the protuberances of his bones can be seen, for God has reduced him to the condition of a skeleton. This is one of the common effects of disease, and this shows the strength of the discipline which God contemplates. The parts of the human frame which in health are carefully hid from the view, as being unsightly, become now prominent, and can be hidden no longer. One design is to humble us; to take away the pride which delighted in the round and polished limb, the rose on the cheek, the ruby lip, and the smooth forehead; and to show us what we shall soon be in the grave.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 33:21. His flesh is consumed away — As in atrophy, marasmus, and consumptive complaints in general.
