Job 33:25

33:25 then his flesh is restored ¹  like a youth’s;

he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. ² 

Job 20:11

20:11 His bones ³  were full of his youthful vigor, ⁴ 

but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

[33:25]  ¹ tc The word רֻטֲפַשׁ (rutafash) is found nowhere else. One suggestion is that it should be יִרְטַב (yirtav, “to become fresh”), connected to רָטַב (ratav, “to be well watered [or moist]”). It is also possible that it was a combination of רָטַב (ratav, “to be well watered”) and טָפַשׁ (tafash, “to grow fat”). But these are all guesses in the commentaries.

[33:25]  ² tn The word describes the period when the man is healthy and vigorous, ripe for what life brings his way.

[20:11]  ³ tn “Bones” is often used metonymically for the whole person, the bones being the framework, meaning everything inside, as well as the body itself.

[20:11]  ⁴ sn This line means that he dies prematurely – at the height of his youthful vigor.