Job 33:21

"so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food."

Key Reflection

In Job 33:21, when a person's life comes to abhor bread and their soul finds even the finest food unappealing, it signifies a profound spiritual state where physical comfort is irrelevant due to deep distress or affliction. This condition highlights how severe trials can lead one to lose interest in earthly pleasures, focusing instead on their suffering and the need for divine intervention.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen -He wastes away. His flesh, once vigorous, beautiful, and fair, now disappears. This is not a mere description of the nature of his sickness, but it is a description of the disciplinary arrangements of God. It is an important part of his affliction, as a part of the discipline, that his flesh vanishes, and that his appearance is so changed that he becomes repulsive to the view. And his bones that were not seen, stick out -His bones were before invisible. They were carefully concealed by the rounded muscle, and by the fat which filled up the interstices, so that they were not offensive to the view.

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