Devine Scripture

Job 33:20

Job chapter 33 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;

v.20This passage

v.21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 3:19

    But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.

  • Job 3:24

    For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

  • Amos 5:11

    Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

  • Genesis 3:6

    And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

  • Psalms 107:17

    Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.