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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

With worms and clods of dust. —It is characteristic of Elephantiasis that the skin becomes hard, wrinkled, and ridged, and then cr…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Such was the dreadful disease under which this man of God labored, for the worst of pain may happen to the best of men.

Sometimes, God plows …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job here excuses what he could not justify: his desire for death. Observe man's present place: he is on earth. He is still on earth, not in hell. I…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

The blessed Job has previously demonstrated that the comfort Eliphaz offered, which promised happiness in this earthly life, was unsuitable. He fir…

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