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Job 13:28

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

KJV

qui quasi putredo consumendus sum, et quasi vestimentum quod comeditur a tinea.

Vulgate

ὃ παλαιοῦται ἴσα ἀσκῷ, ἢ ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον σητόβρωτον.

LXX

Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

ASV

וְ֭/הוּא כְּ/רָקָ֣ב יִבְלֶ֑ה כְּ֝/בֶ֗גֶד אֲכָ֣ל/וֹ עָֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א
'
noun · 12×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 218×
וֹ
v
verb · 16×
ם
m
verb · 811×
רָקָ֖ב
rqb
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 5:12 — Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
  • Isa 50:9 — Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
  • Jas 5:2 — Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
  • Job 4:19 — How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
  • Job 4:19 — How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
  • Job 33:21 — His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
  • Ps 39:11 — When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
  • Ps 39:11 — When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.