King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Complete Jewish Bible:
My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt, my skin forms scabs that ooze pus.
Berean Standard Bible:
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
American Standard Version:
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
My flesh{H1320} is clothed{H3847} with worms{H7415} and clods{H1487} of dust{H6083}; my skin{H5785} is broken{H7280}, and become loathsome{H3988}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Job 17:14
- I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
Isaiah 14:11
- Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, [and] the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Job 2:7
- ¶ So 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 2:8
- And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Isaiah 1:6
- From the sole of the foot even unto the head [there is] no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Acts 12:23
- And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Job 9:31
- Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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Commentary for Job 7:5
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1320
There are 241 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בָּשָׂר
Transliteration: bâsâr
Pronunciation: baw-sawr'
Description: from בָּשַׂר; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman; body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin. - Strong's Number: H3847
There are 103 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לָבַשׁ
Transliteration: lâbash
Pronunciation: law-bash'
Description: or לָבֵשׁ; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively; (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear. - Strong's Number: H7415
There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רִמָּה
Transliteration: rimmâh
Pronunciation: rim-maw'
Description: from רָמַם in the sense of breading (compare רוּם); a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively; worm. - Strong's Number: H1487
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גּוּשׁ
Transliteration: gûwsh
Pronunciation: goosh
Description: or rather (by permutation) גִּישׁ; of uncertain derivation; a mass of earth; clod. - Strong's Number: H6083
There are 103 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָפָר
Transliteration: ʻâphâr
Pronunciation: aw-fawr'
Description: from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish. - Strong's Number: H5785
There are 82 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עוֹר
Transliteration: ʻôwr
Pronunciation: ore
Description: from עוּר; skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather; hide, leather, skin. - Strong's Number: H7280
There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָגַע
Transliteration: râgaʻ
Pronunciation: raw-gah'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids); break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly. - Strong's Number: H3988
There are 69 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מָאַס
Transliteration: mâʼaç
Pronunciation: maw-as'
Description: a primitive root; to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear; abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.