Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
King James Version
In Context
6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Cross References
Job 2:7So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Job 17:14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Job 19:26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job 30:18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
Psalms 38:6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the 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 →