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Job 7:5

Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust,.... Not as it would be at death, and in the grave, as Schmidt…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

My flesh is clothed with worms - Job here undoubtedly refers to his diseased state, and this is one of the passages by…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 7:1-6

Job is here excusing what he could not justify, even his inordinate desire of death. Why should he not wish for the…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

with worms and clods of dust His ulcers bred worms; and the hard earthy-like crust of his sores he calls lumps of…