TheWay BibleJob 7:5 KJV
Job · chapter 7 · verse 5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.Job 7:5 · King James Version
Job 7:5 in context
3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4When 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.
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- clothedlâbashproperly, wrap aroundH3847 →
- brokenrâgaʻproperly, to toss violently and suddenlyH7280 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- wormsrimmâha maggot , literally or figurativelyH7415 →
- clodsgûwsha mass of earthH1487 →
- dustʻâphârdustH6083 →
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Job is here excusing what he could not justify, even his inordinate desire of death. Why should he not wish for the termination of life, which would be the termination of his miseries? To enforce this reason he argues, I. From the general condition of man upon earth (Job 7:1): "He is of few days, and full of trouble.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6