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Job 7:5

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

KJV

Induta est caro mea putredine, et sordibus pulveris cutis mea aruit et contracta est.

Vulgate

φύρεται δέ μου τὸ σῶμα ἐν σαπρίᾳ σκωλήκων, τήκω δὲ βώλακας γῆς ἀπὸ ἰχῶρος ξύων.

LXX

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

ASV

לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣/י רִ֭מָּה ו/גיש וְ/ג֣וּשׁ עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥/י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַ/יִּמָּאֵֽס

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גיש
gysh
noun · 2×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
ם
m
verb · 110×
מָאָ֔סוּ
m'sv
verb · 76×
ע֔וֹר
'vr
noun · 98×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
רִמָּ֗ה
rmh
noun · 7×
תַרְגִּ֔יעַ
trgy'
verb · 13×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 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.
  • Isa 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 2:7 — 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 17:14 — I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
  • Job 30:18 — By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
  • Job 33:21 — His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
  • Ps 103:14 — For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.