Job 13:28

And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

In Context

27And thou dost put—in the stocks—my feet, and observest all my paths, Against the roots of my feet, thou dost cut out a bound;

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Cross References

Numbers 12:12Let her not, I beseech thee, remain like the still-born,—which when it is born of its mother, the half of its flesh is consumed.

Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run afresh:

Job 30:29A brother, became I to the brutes that howl, and a companion to the birds that screech:

Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, And, unto my cry for help, give ear, At my tears, do not be silent,—For, a sojourner, am, I, with thee, A stranger, like all my fathers.

Matthew Henry on Job 13:24-28

23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a… Read the whole commentary →

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