Berean Standard Bible
Job 7:5
5My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
Job 7:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
- New International Version (NIV)My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My flesh is caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.
Context of Job 7:5
3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me. 4When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn. My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering. 6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. 7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
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לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה וְג֣וּשׁ עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 7:5
- Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
- Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
- Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
- Job 24:20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
- Job 30:18With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
- Psalms 38:5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
- Isaiah 1:6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
- Isaiah 14:11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
- Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- Job 9:31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
- Isaiah 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
- Ezekiel 20:43There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
Commentaries on Job 7:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5My flesh is clothed with worms - This is perhaps no figure, but is literally true: the miserably ulcerated state of his body, exposed to the open air, and in a state of great destitution, was favorable to those insects that sought such places in which to deposit their ova, which might have produced the animals in question. But the figure is too horrid to be farther illustrated. Clods of dust - I believe all the commentators have here missed the sense. I…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5My flesh is clothed with worms - Job here undoubtedly refers to his diseased state, and this is one of the passages by which we may learn the nature of his complaint; compare the notes at Job 2:7. There is reference here to the worms which are produced in ulcers and in other forms of disease. Michaelis remarks that such effects are produced often in the elephantiasis. Bochart, Hieroz. P. II, Lib. IV. c. xxvi. pp. 619621, has abundantly proved that such…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Job's mention of worms symbolized the human fate of death and the widespread corruption in Sheol (25:6; 17:14; 21:26; 24:20; see Isaiah 14:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. In elephantiasis maggots are bred in the sores (Ac 12:23; Is 14:11). clods of dust--rather, a crust of dried filth and accumulated corruption (Job 2:7, 8). my skin is broken and ... loathsome--rather, comes together so as to heal up, and again breaks out with running matter [Gesenius]. More simply the Hebrew is, "My skin rests (for a time) and (again) melts away" (Psa 58:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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