Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
New American Standard Bible
My skin hardens and runs.
King James Version
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Holman Bible
My skin forms scabs
International Standard Version
My skin is covered with worms and clods of dirt; my skin becomes rough and then breaks out afresh.
A Conservative Version
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
American Standard Version
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
Amplified
“My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;
My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.
Bible in Basic English
My flesh is covered with worms and dust; my skin gets hard and then is cracked again.
Darby Translation
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.
Julia Smith Translation
And my flesh was clothed with worms, and a clod of dust; my akin was contracted and melted away.
King James 2000
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My body is clothed [with] maggots and clods of dust; my skin hardens, then it gives way [again].
Modern King James verseion
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and has run afresh.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My flesh is clothed with worms, filthiness and dust; my skin is withered, and crumpled together;
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.
The Emphasized Bible
My flesh is clothed with worms and a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run afresh:
Webster
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.
Themes
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
4 If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn. 5 Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome, 6 My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 17:14
To corruption I have called: -- 'Thou art my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' -- to the worm.
Isaiah 14:11
Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.
Job 2:7-8
And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Job 9:31
Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.
Job 19:26
And after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God:
Job 24:20
Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.
Job 30:18-19
By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me.
Psalm 38:5-7
Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot -- unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment.
Isaiah 66:24
And they have gone forth, And looked on the carcases of the men Who are transgressing against me, For their worm dieth not, And their fire is not quenched, And they have been an abhorrence to all flesh!
Ezekiel 20:43
And ye have remembered there your ways, And all your doings, In which ye have been defiled, And ye have been loathsome in your own faces, For all your evils that ye have done.
Acts 12:23
and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.