Job 7:5

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

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In The King James Version

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

In Context

4When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

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Cross References

Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

Job 13:28though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Job 17:14if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

Job 19:26After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,

Job 30:18My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.

Psalms 38:6I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

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 →

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