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Job 7:5

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

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ASV

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.

KJV

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָ֘בַ֤שׁla.Vashit is clothedH3847 →
בְּשָׂרִ֣יbe.sa.Riflesh myH1320 →
רִ֭מָּהRi.mahmaggot[s]H7415 →
וְג֣וּשׁve.gishand clod[s] ofH1487 →
עָפָ֑ר'a.FardustH6083 →
עוֹרִ֥יo.Riskin myH5785 →
רָ֝גַ֗עra.Ga'it has hardenedH7280 →
וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃vai.yi.ma.'Esand it has runH3988 →

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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.Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’Job 2:7–8So 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 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 30:18With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.Job 33:21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.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.Job 9:31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.Job 30:18–19With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.Psalms 38:5–7My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.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.”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 24:20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.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.Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.Psalms 38:7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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