Job 7:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה וְג֣וּשׁ עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס

Transliteration

Lāḇash my bĕśārî rimmâ and gûsh 'āfār my 'ôrî rāga' and wayyimmā'ês

Grammar Details

*lāḇash*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it clothes/is clothed
*bĕśārî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my flesh
*rimmâ*: noun, feminine singular - worm/maggot
*wĕ*: conjunction - and
*gûsh*: noun, masculine singular - clod/lump
*'āfār*: noun, masculine singular - dust/earth
*'ôrî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my skin
*rāga'*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it hardens/shrivels/breaks
*wa*: conjunction - and
*yimmā'ês*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it is loathsome/disgusting

Word Meanings

*lāḇash*: is clothed/puts on/wears
*bĕśārî*: my flesh/my body
*rimmâ*: worm/maggot/decay
*gûsh*: clod/lump/piece
*'āfār*: dust/earth/dirt/soil
*rāga'*: hardens/shrivels/breaks/cracks
*yimmā'ês*: is loathsome/is disgusting/is dissolved/melts away

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 17:14 : 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Isa 14:11 : 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Job 2:7-8 : 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. 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Job 9:31 : 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Isa 66:24 : 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Ezek 20:43 : 43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Job 19:26 : 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Job 24:20 : 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Job 30:18-19 : 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Ps 38:5-7 : 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt{H8738)} because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down{H8804)} greatly; I go{H8765)} mourning{H8802)} all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome{H8737)} disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Isa 1:6 : 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

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