King James Version

Job 33:20

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

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וְזִֽהֲמַ֣תּוּvezihamatvand abhorזָהַםconjunction, verb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and abhor”, a completed actionH2092to be rancid, i.e. (transitively) to loatheabhor.חַיָּת֣וֹchayatvolifeחַיnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.לָ֑חֶםlachembreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bread”, the ordinary formH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹvenafshvoand creatureנֶפֶשׁconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…מַאֲכַ֥לmaakhalfruitמַאֲכָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3978an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.תַּאֲוָֽהtaavahdaintyתַּאֲוָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “dainty”, the ordinary formH8378a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also H6914 (קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So that his life maketh him to abhor bread, and his soul dainty food.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;

Douay-Rheims

Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So that his life maketh him to abhor bread, and his soul dainty food.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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