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20     In which his food becomes repulsive,
        and he doesn’t hunger for even his favorite meals.
21     His body wastes away almost to nothing,
        and bones, once hidden, stick out gruesomely.
22     Thus he is sobered as his soul approaches the rim of the pit,
        as his life hears the whispers of the coming messengers of death.

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20 so that their body finds food(A) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(B)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(C) once hidden, now stick out.(D)
22 They draw near to the pit,(E)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead