Job 33:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִ֣כֶל בְּשָׂר֣וֹ מֵרֹ֑אִי *ושפי **וְשֻׁפּ֥וּ עַ֝צְמוֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א רֻאּֽוּ׃

Transliteration

yîkel bəśārô mērō'î wəšuppû 'aṣmôtāyw lō' ru'û

Grammar Details

*yîkel*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it wastes away
*bəśārô*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his flesh
*mērō'î*: preposition + noun - from sight
*wəšuppû*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd person plural passive - and are laid bare
*'aṣmôtāyw*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bones
*lō'*: negative particle - not
*ru'û*: qal perfect, 3rd person plural passive - they are seen

Word Meanings

*yîkel*: it wastes away/it is consumed/it disappears
*bəśārô*: his flesh/his body/his skin
*mērō'î*: from sight/from seeing/from being seen
*šuppû*: are laid bare/are exposed/stick out
*'aṣmôtāyw*: his bones/his frame/his skeleton
*ru'û*: they are seen/they are visible/they appear

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 19:20 : 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Prov 5:11 : 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Ps 22:15-17 : 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Ps 39:11 : 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty{H8803)} to consume away{H8686)} like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Job 7:5 : 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Job 13:28 : 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Job 14:20 : 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
Job 14:22 : 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
Job 16:8 : 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

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