Job 7:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 7:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 7:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 7:5 — KJV
“My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.”
— Job 7:5 (KJV)
Job 7:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 7:5
“And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:5: flesh, skin, broken
“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:5: flesh, skin, broken
“Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. fenced: Heb. hedged”
Shares key themes with Job 7:5: flesh, clothed, skin
“And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: And...: or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh”
Shares key themes with Job 7:5: flesh, worms, skin
“Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”
Shares key themes with Job 7:5: clothed, skin
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