Job 13:28
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And he, like a decaying thing, consumes, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Though I am like a rotten thing{H7538} that consumeth,{H1086} Like a garment{H899} that is moth -{H6211} eaten.{H398}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And he, as a rotten thing{H7538}, consumeth{H1086}{(H8799)}, as a garment{H899} that is moth{H6211} eaten{H398}{(H8804)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
where as I (notwithstondinge) must consume like as a foule carion, and as a cloth that is moth eaten.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Such one consumeth like a rotten thing, and as a garment that is motheaten.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And I as a rotten thing do consume away, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Though I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
American Standard Version (1901)
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
American Standard Version (1901)
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.
World English Bible (2000)
though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
Referenced Verses
- Job 4:19 : 19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
- Ps 39:11 : 11 Remove Your stroke from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
- Hos 5:12 : 12 I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like rot to the house of Judah.
- Job 30:17-19 : 17 At night my bones are pierced within me, and my veins find no rest. 18 With great force my garment is disfigured; it binds me like the collar of my tunic. 19 He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
- Job 30:29-30 : 29 I am a brother to jackals and a companion to ostriches. 30 My skin grows black and peels off, and my bones burn with fever.
- Num 12:12 : 12 Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother's womb with its flesh half eaten away.'
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