His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
Parallel translations
- WEB His flesh is so consumed away, that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
- KJV His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
- NKJV His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out which once were not seen.
- NASB “His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones, which were not seen, stick out.
- NLT Their flesh wastes away, and their bones stick out.
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Quick answer
God provides a place on the rock where Moses may stand to witness His passing glory. God graciously makes a way to reveal Himself safely.
Overview
God appoints a sheltered spot for Moses, showing His care to satisfy Moses' longing without destroying him. The rock becomes the place of refuge for the encounter. It pictures how God Himself provides the means by which sinners may safely draw near, ultimately in Christ, the Rock of our salvation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
- Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
- Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
- Prov 5:11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
- Ps 102:3–5For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
- Ps 39:11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
- Ps 32:3–4When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Ps 22:15–17My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
- Job 14:22He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
- Job 14:20You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
- Job 16:8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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