A moment in scripture
Job 33:20
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So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
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The surrounding passage
- Job 33:18
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Job 33:19
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
- Job 33:21
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
- Job 33:22
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.