SEV Biblia, Chapter 33:19
¶ También sobre su cama es castigado con dolor fuerte en todos sus huesos,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Job 33:19
Verse 19. He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, &c. ] IV. ] AFFLICTIONS are a fourth means which God makes use of to awaken and convert sinners. In the hand of God these were the cause of the salvation of David, as himself testifies: Before I was afflicted, I went astray, Psa. cxix. 67, 71, 75. The multitude of his bones ] By such diseases, especially those of a rheumatic kind, when to the patient's apprehension every bone is diseased, broken, or out of joint. Some render the passage, When the multitude of his bones is yet strong; meaning those sudden afflictions which fall upon men when in a state of great firmness and vigour. The original, wymx[ bwrw ta verob atsamaiv ethan, may be translated, And the strong multitude of his bones. Even the strong multitude of his bones is chastened with pain upon his bed; the place of rest and ease affording him no peace, quiet, or comfort. The bones may be well termed multitudinous, as there are no less than 10 in the cranium, or skull; upper jaw, 13; lower jaw, 1; teeth, 32; tongue, 1; vertebrae, or back-bone, 24; ribs, 24; sternum, or breast-bone, 3; os innominatum, 1; scapula, or shoulder-blades, 2; arms, 6; hands, 54; thigh-bones, 2; knee-bones, 2; legs, 4; feet, li5: in all, not less than 233 bones, without reckoning the ossa sethamoides; because, though often numerous, they are found only in hard labourers, or elderly persons.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 19-28 - Job complained of his diseases, and judged by them that God was angr with him; his friends did so too: but Elihu shows that God ofte afflicts the body for good to the soul. This thought will be of grea use for our getting good from sickness, in and by which God speaks to men. Pain is the fruit of sin; yet, by the grace of God, the pain of the body is often made a means of good to the soul. When affliction have done their work, they shall be removed. A ransom or propitiatio is found. Jesus Christ is the Messenger and the Ransom, so Elihu call him, as Job had called him his Redeemer, for he is both the Purchase and the Price, the Priest and the sacrifice. So high was the value of souls, that nothing less would redeem them; and so great the hurt don by sin, that nothing less would atone for it, than the blood of the So of God, who gave his life a ransom for many. A blessed change follows Recovery from sickness is a mercy indeed, when it proceeds from the remission of sin. All that truly repent of their sins, shall find merc with God. The works of darkness are unfruitful works; all the gains of sin will come far short of the damage. We must, with a broken an contrite heart, confess our sins to God, 1Jo 1:9. We must confess the fact of sin; and not try to justify or excuse ourselves. We mus confess the fault of sin; I have perverted that which was right. We must confess the folly of sin; So foolish have I been and ignorant. I there not good reason why we should make such a confession?
Original Hebrew
והוכח 3198 במכאוב 4341 על 5921 משׁכבו 4904 וריב 7379 עצמיו 6106 אתן׃ 386
