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Job 33:20

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Gregory the Dialogist

His bread becomes abominable to him in his lips, and to his soul the food which before it desired. As if he were to say in so many words; A mind under affliction believes that every thing which used easily to satisfy, and give it pleasure, is turned into bitterness. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXIII ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Third, he places the loss of appetite when he says, "Bread," which is common food, "becomes abominable to him during his life," while he still lived, because of sickness, "and the food of his soul, which he desired before, becomes abominable," which refers to other foods which are desired in different ways by different people.

Commentary on Job ↗