Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 33:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
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Role in This Section
Elihu develops the next stated step through “So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat” as part of Elihu Interprets Pain as Warning and Imagines a Mediator.
Read It With
- Job 33:19–33:28
Read Job 33:20 inside Job 33:19–33:28. Elihu develops the next stated step through “So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat” as part of Elihu Interprets Pain as Warning and Imagines a Mediator. The full unit establishes: Elihu describes severe bodily suffering, a rare messenger who declares uprightness, deliverance from the pit, renewed flesh, prayer, and public confession.
Why It Needs Context
Elihu develops the next stated step through “So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat” as part of Elihu Interprets Pain as Warning and Imagines a Mediator. Its force depends on the complete movement and outcome of Job 33:19–33:28; the isolated line is connective rather than a complete teaching claim.
Continue in Context
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Read Job 33:19–33:28 — Elihu Interprets Pain as Warning and Imagines a MediatorSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 33:19–33:28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 33:19–33:28
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