Job 33:20

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.dainty…: Heb. meat of desire

WEB

so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

ASV

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

LSV

And his life has nauseated bread, || And his soul desirable food.

YLT

And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

So that his life causeth him to abhorre bread, and his soule daintie meate.

JPS

So that his life maketh him to abhor bread, and his soul dainty food.

LXXE

And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat;

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WLC

וְזִֽהֲמַ֣תּוּ חַיָּת֣וֹ לָ֑חֶם וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ מַאֲכַ֥ל תַּאֲוָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Πᾶν δὲ βρωτὸν σίτου οὐ μὴ δύνηται προσδέξασθαι, καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ βρῶσιν ἐπιθυμήσει·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 107:17–18Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction. They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
• Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
• Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate…
• Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
• Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

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