Job 33:19
in Job 33A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
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ASV
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;
KJV
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
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This verse in Job 33
Commentary
8 notes on this verseHe chastens him also with pain upon his bed, and makes all his bones to waste away. By bed, or pallet, or couch in holy Scripture, is understood, sometimes carnal pleasure, sometimes a resting in good works, sometimes temporal rest; for what is meant by what our Lord said in the Gospel to a certain one who was healed, Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house, except that bodily pleasure is signified by bed?
This site's exposition
A man is also chastened on his bed
on Job 33:19-22
“A man is also chastened on his bed with pain” introduces the second way God speaks, through suffering. Elihu describes it in sickbed terms close to Job's state: “he detests his bread”. Barnes reads the chastening as communication, pain sent as a message, which is Elihu's whole argument in small.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Then he discusses the fact that God can also speak and correct man through the sickness of the body. He first notes sensible pain here, and so he says, "He also chides," a man for past sins, "by pain," which is the corporeal pain which …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Pain is the fruit of sin; yet, by the grace of God, the pain of the body is often made a means of good to the soul. He has quite lost his appetite, the common effect of sickness (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed,.... This seems to be another way, in which God, according to his eternal purposes, speaks unto men, as the word "also" intimates; namely, by afflictions, and sometimes painful ones; which have a voice in them, and men of wisdom will hearken to it, Mic 6:
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
He is chastened also with pain - As another means of checking and restraining him from the commission of sin. When the warnings of the night fail, and when he is bent on a life of sin, then God lays him on a bed of pain, and he is brought to reflection there. There he has an opportunity to think of his life, and of all the consequences which must follow from a career of iniquity. This involves the main inquiry before the disputants. It was, why people were afflicted.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
When man does not heed warnings of the night, he is chastened, &c. The new thought suggested by Elihu is that affliction is disciplinary (Job 36:10); for the good of the godly. multitude--so the Margin, Hebrew (Keri). Better with the text (Chetib), "And with the perpetual (strong) contest of his bones"; the never-resting fever in his bones (Ps 38:3) [UMBREIT].
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
IV. By Afflictions He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, etc. - Afflictions are a fourth means which God makes use of to awaken and convert sinners. In the hand of God these were the cause of the salvation of David, as himself testifies: Before I was afflicted, I went astray, Psa 119:67, Psa 119:71, Psa 119:75. The multitude of his bones - By such diseases, especially those of a rheumatic kind, when to the patient’s apprehension every bone is diseased, broken, or out of joint. Some render the passage, When the multitude of his bones is yet strong; meaning those sudden afflictions which fall upon men when in a state of great firmness and vigor. The original, ורוב עצמיו אתן verob atsamaiv ethan, may be translated, And the strong multitude of his bones. Even the strong multitude of his bones is chastened with pain upon his bed; the place of rest and ease affording him no peace, quiet, or comfort. The bones may be well termed multitudinous, as there are no less than 10 in the cranium, or skull; upper jaw, 13; lower jaw, 1; teeth, 32; tongue, 1; vertebrae, or back-bone, 24; ribs, 24; sternum, or breast-bone, 3; os innominatum, 1; scapula, or shoulder-blades, 2; arms, 6; hands, 54; thigh-bones, 2; knee-bones, 2; legs, 4; feet, 54: in all, not less than 233 bones, without reckoning the ossa sethamoides; because, though often numerous, they are found only in hard laborers, or elderly persons.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהוּכַ֣ח | vehukhach | and he is chastened | H3198 → | 59 times |
| בְּ֭מַכְאוֹב | bemakhov | with pain | H4341 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ | mishkavo | bed his | H4904 → | 46 times |
| וְר֖וֹב | veriv | and [the] multitude of | H7230 → | 149 times |
| עֲצָמָ֣יו | ʾatzamav | bones his | H6106 → | 126 times |
| אֵתָֽן׃ | ʾetan | [is] constant | H386 → |
וְהוּכַ֣חand he is chastened
vehukhachH3198 →59 times
בְּ֭מַכְאוֹבwith pain
bemakhovH4341 →
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מִשְׁכָּב֑וֹbed his
mishkavoH4904 →46 times
וְר֖וֹבand [the] multitude of
verivH7230 →149 times
עֲצָמָ֣יוbones his
ʾatzamavH6106 →126 times
אֵתָֽן׃[is] constant
ʾetanH386 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 119:71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 12:10–11
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
- Psalms 119:67
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
- Psalms 94:12–13
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
Through
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:11–12
My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 12:5–11
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Job 5:17
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Psalms 119:71
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Proverbs 3:11–12
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXIII; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.