Job 7:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Job 7:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 7:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 7:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.”

Job 7:5 — World English Bible

Job 7:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Job 7:5 — American Standard Version

Job 7:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Clothed hath been my flesh <FI>with<Fi> worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,”

Job 7:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 7:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates. ”

Job 7:5 — Darby Translation

Job 7:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“My flesh is clothed with wormes and filthinesse of the dust: my skinne is rent, and become horrible.”

Job 7:5 — Geneva Bible

Job 7:5 in Context — Job 7

3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

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

6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

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What Does Job 7:5 Mean?

Job 7:5 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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