Job 7:5
Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
Young's Literal Translation
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 swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
Cross References
Job 2:7And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
Job 17:14To corruption I have called: — 'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm.
Job 19:26And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God:
Job 30:18By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me.
Psalms 38:6I have been bent down, I have been bowed down — unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.
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 →