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My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
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The Reality of Job's Illness
Commentators explain that Job's description is not an exaggeration. He was likely afflicted with a severe disease, possibly elephantiasis, causing his skin to break out in ulcers that bred worms. The 'clods of dust' were a mixture of pus from his sores and the ashes he sat in, creating a horrifying spectacle. This graphic reality helps us understand the depth of his anguish.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
With worms and clods of dust. —It is characteristic of Elephantiasis that the skin becomes hard, wrinkled, and ridged, and then cr…
Baptist
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 …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust Not as it would be at death, and in the grave, as Schmidt interpret…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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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