Elihu Rebukes Job
Job 33:21
In 11 translations
- BSB
- His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
- KJV
- His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
- WEB
- His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
- ASV
- His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.
- LSV
- His flesh is consumed from being seen, || And his bones are high, they were not seen!
- YLT
- His flesh is consumed from being seen, And high are his bones, they were not seen!
- DBY
- His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;
- DRC
- His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.
- GNV
- His flesh faileth that it can not be seene, and his bones which were not seene, clatter.
- JPS
- His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones corrode to unsightliness.
- LXXE
- until his flesh shall be consumed, and he shall shew his bones bare.
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- Written (Ketiv): וּשְׁפִי (“and [the] bareness”). Read aloud (Qere): וְשֻׁפּ֥וּ (“and they are laid bare”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְשֻׁפּ֥יּ; read aloud (Qere) reads וְשֻׁפּ֥וּ (“and they are laid bare”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- יִ֣כֶל בְּשָׂר֣וֹ מֵרֹ֑אִי ושפי עַ֝צְמוֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א רֻאּֽוּ׃Read aloud as (qere): וְשֻׁפּ֥וּ
- LXX-Br
- ἕως ἂν σαπῶσιν αὐτοῦ αἱ σάρκες, καὶ ἀποδείξῃ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ κένα.
Who and where
◆ Job's Trial
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
ElihuGazing-StockElihu (2)PhilosophyAgencyConvictionSicknessAfflictionWicked (People)Afflictions and Adversities
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Cross-references most cited first
- Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
- Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
- Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
- Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
- Psalms 32:3–4When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
- Psalms 39:11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
- Job 16:8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
- Job 14:22He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
- Psalms 102:3–5For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
- Job 14:20You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
- Psalms 22:15–17My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death. For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet. I can…
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