Job 33:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 107:17-18 : 17 Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled; 18 They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.
  • Amos 5:11 : 11 So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.
  • Job 3:24 : 24 In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.

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    21His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...

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    7My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.

  • Job 33:18-19
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    18To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.

    19Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

  • Ps 107:18
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    18They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

  • Job 21:24-25
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    24His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones.

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    22Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.

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    12His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

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  • Prov 27:7
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    7The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Eccl 5:17
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    17This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

  • Job 20:14
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    14His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.

  • Job 20:20-21
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    20There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

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    15So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

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    4My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food.

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    20Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

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    24My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.

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    25The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

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    23God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.

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    17So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

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    5My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is cracked again.

  • Prov 23:3
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    10My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

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    6Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

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