Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run afresh:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 days, are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they are spent, without hope.
Cross References
Job 2:7So the accuser went forth from the presence of Yahweh,—and smote Job with a sore boil, from the sole of his foot, unto his crown.
Job 13:28And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.
Job 17:14To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.
Job 19:26And, though, after my skin is struck off, this [followeth], yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:
Job 30:18Most effectually, is my skin disfigured,—Like the collar of my tunic, it girdeth me about:
Psalms 38:6I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;
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 →