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Job 7

Job 7:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
is clothed
labash (Hebrew #3847)
a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
Pronounce: law-bash'
Origin: or labesh {law-bashe'}
with worms
rimmah (Hebrew #7415)
a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: worm.
Pronounce: rim-maw'
Origin: from 7426 in the sense of breading (compare 7311)
and clods
guwsh (Hebrew #1487)
of uncertain derivation; a mass of earth
KJV usage: clod.
Pronounce: goosh
Origin: or rather (by permutation) giysh {gheesh}
of dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
; my skin
`owr (Hebrew #5785)
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
KJV usage: hide, leather, skin.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 5783
is broken
raga` (Hebrew #7280)
properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet; specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)
KJV usage: break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly.
Pronounce: raw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and become loathsome
ma'ac (Hebrew #3988)
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
KJV usage: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, X utterly, vile person.
Pronounce: maw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
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Dust,
Flesh,
Worms

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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flesh.
Job 2:7‑8• 7So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
 8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. (Job 2:7‑8)
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Job 17:14• 14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. (Job 17:14)
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Job 19:26• 26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: (Job 19:26)
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Job 24:20• 20The 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 24:20)
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Job 30:18‑19• 18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
 19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. (Job 30:18‑19)
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Psa. 38:5‑7• 5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
 6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
 7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. (Psa. 38:5‑7)
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Isa. 1:6• 6From 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. (Isa. 1:6)
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Isa. 14:11• 11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. (Isa. 14:11)
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Acts 12:23• 23And 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. (Acts 12:23)
loathsome.
Job 9:31• 31Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. (Job 9:31)
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Isa. 66:24• 24And 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. (Isa. 66:24)
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Ezek. 20:43• 43And 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. (Ezek. 20:43)
• Already there are the harbingers of the grave upon him, the worm and the clod. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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