Job 33:20

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So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

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In other translations

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

Hebrew words

וְזִהֲמַתּוּvezihamatuand it loathes itH2092חַיָּתוֹchaiyatolife hisH2416לָחֶםlachembreadH3899וְנַפְשׁוֹvenafshoand self hisH5315מַאֲכַלma'akhalfood ofH3978תַּאֲוָה׃ta'avahdesireH8378

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Psalm 107:17-18
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Job 3:24
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Amos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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