King James Version

Job 13:28

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

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וְ֭הוּאvehuand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.כְּרָקָ֣בkeraqavas rottennessרָקָבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as rottenness”, the ordinary formH7538decay (by caries)rottenness (thing).יִבְלֶ֑הyivlehconsumeבָּלָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “consume”, an unfinished actionH1086to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)consume, enjoy long, become (make, wax) old, spend, waste.כְּ֝בֶ֗גֶדkevegedas apparelבֶּגֶדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as apparel”, the ordinary formH899a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillageapparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.אֲכָ֣לוֹakhalvoeatאָכַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “eat”, a completed actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.עָֽשׁashmoth. See also H5906עָשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “moth. See also H5906”, the ordinary formH6211a mothmoth. See also H5906 (עַיִשׁ).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

World English Bible

though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Darby Translation

One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.

Douay-Rheims

Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is moth-eaten.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I am as that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὃ παλαιοῦται ἶσα ἀσκῷ, ἢ ὥσπερ ἱμάτιον σητόβρωτον.