Job 7:5

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Summary

Job 7:5

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

Flesh

Loathsome

Job 9:31

Isaiah 66:24

Ezekiel 20:43

Bible References

Flesh

So Satan left the LORD's presence and struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

if I call out to the Pit, "You're my father!' or say to the worm, "My mother!' or "My sister!'

Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,

The womb will forget them. Maggots will find them to be a delicacy! They won't be remembered anymore, their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood.

My clothes are disheveled by his forceful treatment of me; he restricts my movement like the collar of my cloak.

My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there's no soundness evident only bruises, sores, and festering wounds that haven't been cleaned out, bandaged, or treated with oil."

Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the noise of your harps. Maggots are spread out beneath you, and worms are your covering."

Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Loathsome

you'll still drop me into the Pit, and my own clothes will despise me.

"Then they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of the people who rebelled against me. For their worm will not die, nor will their fire be extinguished, and they will remain an object of revulsion to all humanity."

You'll remember all your practices and evil actions by which you've become defiled. You'll loathe yourselves because of all the evil things you've done.