Job 7:5
What does Job 7:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 7:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
KJV
King James Version · 1611My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is cracked again.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Clothed hath been my flesh <FI>with<Fi> worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust; my skin is withered and drawn together.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 38:5
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
- Ezekiel 20:43
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have polluted yourselves; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
- Job 17:14
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;
- Isaiah 66:24
And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies 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.
- Job 19:26
And after my skin, eventhisbody, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
- Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
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