King James Version

Job 7:5

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

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לָ֘בַ֤שׁlavashclotheלָבַשׁverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “clothe”, a completed actionH3847properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively(in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.בְּשָׂרִ֣יbesaribodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.רִ֭מָּהrimahwormרִמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “worm”, the ordinary formH7415a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figurativelyworm.וגישvgyshand clodגּוּשׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and clod”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1487a mass of earthclod.וְג֣וּשׁvegushand clodגּוּשׁconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and clod”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1487a mass of earthclod.עָפָ֑רafardustעָפָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dust”, the ordinary formH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.עוֹרִ֥יorihideעוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “hide”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5785skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leatherhide, leather, skin.רָ֝גַ֗עragabreakרָגַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH7280properly, 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)break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly.וַיִּמָּאֵֽסvayimaesand abhorמָאַסconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and abhor”, the next action in the storyH3988to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappearabhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.

Young’s Literal Translation

Clothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,

World English Bible

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φύρεται δέ μου τὸ σῶμα ἐν σαπρίᾳ σκωλήκων, τήκω δὲ βώλακας γῆς ἀπὸ ἰχῶρος ξύων.