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Job 33:20

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

KJV

Abominabilis ei fit in vita sua panis, et animæ illius cibus ante desiderabilis.

Vulgate

πᾶν δὲ βρωτὸν σίτου οὐ μὴ δύνηται προσδέξασθαι, καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ βρῶσιν ἐπιθυμήσει·

LXX

So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

ASV

וְ/זִֽהֲמַ֣תּ/וּ חַיָּת֣/וֹ לָ֑חֶם וְ֝/נַפְשׁ֗/וֹ מַאֲכַ֥ל תַּאֲוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וּ
v
pronoun · 1×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 752×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
מַאֲכָ֔ל
m'kl
noun · 29×
תַּאֲוַ֣ת
t'vt
verb · 21×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 3:24 — For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
  • Ps 107:17 — Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.