Job 7:5
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
לָבַשׁ
lâbash
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
רִמָּה
rimmâh
a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
עוֹר
ʻôwr
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
הָיָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Key Terms in This Verse
לָבַשׁ lâbash
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
Study H3847 →הָיָה hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Study H1961 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →Cross References
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
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.
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.
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
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.
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 unt...
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.
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.
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