Job 7:5
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My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust; my skin is withered and drawn together.

flesh.

Job 2:7,8 So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head: . . .

Job 17:14 I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.

Job 19:26 And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God.

Job 24:20 Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.

Job 30:18,19 With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat. . . .

Psalm 38:5-7 My sores are putrefied and corrupted, because of my foolishness. . . .

Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.

Isaiah 14:11 Thy pride is brought down to hell, thy carcass is fallen down: under thee shall the moth be strewed, and worms shall be thy covering.

Acts 12:23 And forthwith an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the honour to God: and, being eaten up by worms, he gave up the ghost.

loathsome.

Job 9:31 Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me.

Isaiah 66:24 And they shall go out, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.

Ezekiel 20:43 And there you shall remember your ways, and all your wicked doings with which you have been defiled; and you shall be displeased with yourselves in your own sight, for all your wicked deeds which you committed.

Context
Job Continues: Life Seems Futile
4If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall I rise? and again, I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness. 5My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust; my skin is withered and drawn together.6My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope.…
Cross References
Job 2:7
So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:

Job 17:14
I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.

Lexicon
My flesh
בְּשָׂרִ֣י (bə·śā·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

is clothed
לָ֘בַ֤שׁ (lā·ḇaš)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3847: Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe

with worms
רִ֭מָּה (rim·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7415: A maggot

and encrusted
וְג֣וּשׁ (wə·ḡūš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1487: A mass of earth

with dirt;
עָפָ֑ר (‘ā·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

my skin
עוֹרִ֥י (‘ō·w·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5785: Skin, hide, leather

is cracked
רָ֝גַ֗ע (rā·ḡa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7280: To toss violently and suddenly, to settle, quiet, to wink

and festering.
וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃ (way·yim·mā·’ês)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3988: To spurn, to disappear


Additional Translations
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

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

And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.

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

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

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

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

Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
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