Job 13:28
Strong's Lexicon
So man
וְ֭הוּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

wastes away
יִבְלֶ֑ה (yiḇ·leh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1086: 1) to wear out, become old 1a) (Qal) to wear out 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wear out 1b2) to wear out by use, use up completely 1b3) to enjoy, use to the full

like something rotten,
כְּרָקָ֣ב (kə·rā·qāḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7538: 1) rottenness, decay (always fig)

like a moth-eaten
אֲכָ֣לוֹ (’ă·ḵā·lōw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume

עָֽשׁ׃ (‘āš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6211: 1) moth 2) herbage, grass

garment.
כְּ֝בֶ֗גֶד (kə·ḇe·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 899: 1) treachery, deceit 2) (CLBL) garment, clothing (used indiscriminately)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

Young's Literal Translation
And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Man wears out like  something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment. 

New American Standard Bible
While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

King James Bible
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

New Living Translation
I waste away like rotting wood, like a moth-eaten coat.

English Standard Version
Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

New American Standard Bible
While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

King James Bible
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Man wears out like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

International Standard Version
So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."

NET Bible
So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

American Standard Version
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

English Revised Version
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Young's Literal Translation
And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
















Cross References
James 5:2
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

Job 2:7
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Psalm 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Isaiah 50:9
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 13:27
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

Job 13:26
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

Job 13:25
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Job 14:1
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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