Job 7:5
My basar is clothed with worm and clod of aphar; 1 my ohr (skin) is broken, and become loathsome. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
In Context
6My yamim are swifter than a weaverʼs shuttle, 1 and are spent without tikveh. 1
Cross References
Job 2:7So went HaSatan out from the presence of Hashem, and afflicted Iyov with shekhin rah (foul boils) from the sole of his regel unto the top of his head.
Job 13:28Around one who wastes away as a rotten thing, 1 as a beged (garment) that is moth eaten.
Job 17:14I have said to Shachat, thou art avi; 1 to the worm, thou art immi, and achoti. 1
Job 19:26And though after my ohr (skin) has been thus destroyed, 1 yet from my basar I shall see Eloah; 1
Job 30:18By great koach is my garment disfigured; 1 it bindeth me about like the collar of my kuttonet (chiton, robe). 1
Psalms 38:6My chaburot (wounds) are foul and festering 1 because of my wicked folly. 1
Matthew Henry on Job 7:2-7
Job's Reply to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my… Read the whole commentary →