so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
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so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
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So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
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So that his life maketh him to abhor bread, and his soul dainty food.
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Passages linked to Job 33:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 3:24 For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
- Psalms 107:17-18 Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities. Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
- Genesis 3:6 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 some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
- Jeremiah 3:19 “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
- Amos 5:11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, his painful and miserable life.
That is, his painful and miserable life.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and…
Job 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
Ver. 20. So that his life abhorreth bread] Which is the staff of man’s life, and by the Latins called panis, of the Greek παν, as if it were all in all. This the sick man velut sordidum abominatur, abhorreth as some filthy thing, so the original word here signifieth; he nauseateth and cannot away with it, though made of the kidneys of wheat, as Moses phraseth it; he brooks it no better than if it were made of sawdust, or mixed with gravel, or made with man’s dung, as that in Ezekiel.
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And his soul dainty meat] Heb. Meats of desire. Those dainties which he once sought so passionately, and fed upon so eagerly, he finds no more relish in than in the white of an egg or a dry chip; yea, they are no less horrid to him than rank poison. See a like description of a sick person, Psa 107:18, which seemeth to be taken from hence.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain His life, i.e. his soul, as the next clause…
His life, i.e. his soul, as the next clause explains it; or his appetite, which is a sign and an act of life.
Bread, i.e. common and necessary food.
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Dainty meat; such as others do, and he formerly did, much desire and prize.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So that his life abhorreth bread,.... Through the force…
So that his life abhorreth bread,.... Through the force of pain he loses his appetite for food, and even a nausea of it takes place; he loathes it as the most abominable and filthy thing that can be thought of; even bread, so necessary to the support of human life, so strengthening to the heart of man, and what he every day stands in need of, and should pray for, and in health is never weary of; it may be put for all common and useful food:
and his soul dainty meat; the most rich and delicious; such as the tables of the great and rich are furnished with: "food of desire" (p); or desirable food, as it may be rendered; see Dan 10:3; such as in the time of health the appetite craves and desires, and is fed on with delight and pleasure, but now had in the utmost aversion. Pains and diseases of body often produce such a nausea in men, Psa 107:17, and was Job's case, Job 3:24.
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(p) "cibum desiderii", Vatablus, Drusius, Michaelis; "cibum appetentiae", Mercerus.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 20. His life abhorreth bread] These expressions strongly…
Verse 20. His life abhorreth bread] These expressions strongly and naturally point out that general nausea, or loathing which sick persons feel in almost every species of disorder.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain So that his life abhorreth bread - It is…
So that his life abhorreth bread - It is a common effect of sickness to take away the appetite. Elihu here regards it as a part of the wholesome discipline of the sufferer. He has no relish for the comforts of life.
And his soul dainty meat - Margin, “meat of desire.” The Hebrew is, “food of desire.” The word rendered “meat” (מאכל ma'ăkâl) does not denote animal food only, but any kind of food. So the Old English word meat was used. The idea is, that the sick man loathes the most delicate food. It is a part of his discipline that the pleasure which he had in the days of his health is now taken away.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain life--that is, the appetite, which ordinarily sustains "life" (Job…
life--that is, the appetite, which ordinarily sustains "life" (Job 38:39; Psa 107:18; Ecc 12:5). The taking away of desire for food by sickness symbolizes the removal by affliction of lust, for things which foster the spiritual fever of pride.
soul--desire.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 20. His life abhorreth bread — A marked feature…
20. His life abhorreth bread — A marked feature of the elephantiasis, to which Elihu alludes — the life, hhayyah, and the soul, nephesh, loathe that which is palatable in a condition of health. Elihu, in this discussion of the sick man, has sufficiently touched salient features of Job’s disease to unmistakably indicate whom he meant. (See note Job_2:7.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. his life] Or, desire (appetite, ch. Job_38:39). The…
20. his life] Or, desire (appetite, ch. Job_38:39). The words mean lit. his desire maketh him abhor.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Be that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul…
Be that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. Eating and drinking are detestable to the man who is stretched on a bed of sickness. (comp. Psa_107:18, "Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death The chains that bind to earth fall off, and the soul is left open to loftier influences.
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