Job 33:21
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
BSB
ASV
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.
KJV
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
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.
His flesh once prominent "can no more be seen." His bones once not seen now appear prominent. stick out--literally, "are bare." The Margin, Hebrew (Keri) reading. The text (Chetib) reads it a noun "(are become) bareness." The Keri was no doubt an explanatory reading of transcribers.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
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But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
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Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
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What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her…
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Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
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Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
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Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
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You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah