Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering. New Living Translation My body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin breaks open, oozing with pus. English Standard Version My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh. Berean Standard Bible My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering. King James Bible My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. New King James Version My flesh is caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh. New American Standard Bible “My flesh is clothed with maggots and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and oozes. NASB 1995 “My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and runs. NASB 1977 “My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt; My skin hardens and runs. Legacy Standard Bible My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt; My skin scabs over and flows out again. Amplified Bible “My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust; My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs. Christian Standard Bible My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. My skin forms scabs and then oozes. Holman Christian Standard Bible My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. My skin forms scabs and then oozes. American Standard Version My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh. Contemporary English Version My parched skin is covered with worms, dirt, and sores, English Revised Version My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh. GOD'S WORD® Translation My body is covered with maggots and scabs. My skin is crusted over with sores; then they ooze. Good News Translation My body is full of worms; it is covered with scabs; pus runs out of my sores. International Standard Version My skin is covered with worms and clods of dirt; my skin becomes rough and then breaks out afresh. Majority Standard Bible My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering. NET Bible My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering. New Heart English Bible My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh. Webster's Bible Translation My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become lothsome. World English Bible My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionMy flesh has been clothed [with] worms, "" And a clod of dust, "" My skin has been shriveled and is loathsome, Young's Literal Translation Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome, Smith's Literal Translation And my flesh was clothed with worms, and a clod of dust; my akin was contracted and melted away. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleMy flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together. Catholic Public Domain Version My flesh is clothed with particles of rottenness and filth; my skin is dried up and tightened. New American Bible My flesh is clothed with worms and scabs; my skin cracks and festers; New Revised Standard Version My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out again. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy flesh is covered with worms, and my body with dust; my skin is shrunk, and falls apart. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated My flesh wears worms and my body, the dust; my skin is shriveled and rotted OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh. Brenton Septuagint Translation And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Continues: Life Seems Futile…4When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn. 5My 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.… Cross References Isaiah 1:6 From 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. Psalm 38:5-7 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly. / I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning. / For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body. Lamentations 3:4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones. Isaiah 53:3-4 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. Psalm 102:3-5 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. / My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. / Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones. Isaiah 24:20 The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again. Jeremiah 30:17 But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.” Deuteronomy 28:27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured. Micah 1:9 For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself. 2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. Matthew 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.” 1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.” Romans 8:23 Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 2 Corinthians 5:2-4 For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. / For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life. 1 Corinthians 15:53-54 For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. / When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” Treasury of Scripture My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. flesh. Job 2:7,8 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 17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. Job 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: loathsome. Job 9:31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. Isaiah 66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. Ezekiel 20:43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. Jump to Previous Afresh Body Breaketh Breaks Broken Clods Closes Closeth Clothed Covered Cracked Crust Dirt Dust Festering Flesh Gets Hard Hardens Loathsome Runs Scabs Skin WormsJump to Next Afresh Body Breaketh Breaks Broken Clods Closes Closeth Clothed Covered Cracked Crust Dirt Dust Festering Flesh Gets Hard Hardens Loathsome Runs Scabs Skin WormsJob 7 1. Job excuses his desire of death.12. He complains of his own restlessness, and reasons with God. My flesh The Hebrew word for "flesh" is "בָּשָׂר" (basar), which often refers to the physical body. In the context of Job's suffering, it emphasizes the tangible, physical aspect of his afflictions. Job's lamentation about his flesh underscores the depth of his physical torment, which is not just spiritual or emotional but deeply corporeal. This highlights the reality of human suffering in a fallen world, where the body itself can become a source of profound pain and distress. is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt my skin is cracked and festering Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew My fleshבְּשָׂרִ֣י (bə·śā·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man is clothed לָ֘בַ֤שׁ (lā·ḇaš) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe with worms רִ֭מָּה (rim·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7415: A maggot and encrusted וְג֣וּשׁ (wə·ḡūš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1487: A mass of earth with dirt; עָפָ֑ר (‘ā·p̄ār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud my skin עוֹרִ֥י (‘ō·w·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5785: Skin, hide, leather is cracked רָ֝גַ֗ע (rā·ḡa‘) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7280: To toss violently and suddenly, to settle, quiet, to wink and festering. וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃ (way·yim·mā·’ês) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear Links Job 7:5 NIVJob 7:5 NLT Job 7:5 ESV Job 7:5 NASB Job 7:5 KJV Job 7:5 BibleApps.com Job 7:5 Biblia Paralela Job 7:5 Chinese Bible Job 7:5 French Bible Job 7:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms (Jb) |
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