Job 7:5

New International Reader's Version

My body is covered with worms and sores. My skin is broken. It has boils all over it.

Cross References

Job 13:28

“People waste away like something that is rotten. They are like clothes that are eaten by moths.

Job 17:14

Suppose I say to the grave, ‘You are like a father to me.’ And suppose I say to its worms, ‘You are like a mother or sister to me.’

Job 17:7

My eyes have grown weak because I’m so sad. My body is so thin it hardly casts a shadow.

Job 19:20

I’m nothing but skin and bones. I’ve barely escaped death.

Job 19:26

Though my skin will be destroyed, in my body I’ll see God.

Job 24:20

Even their mothers forget them. The worms in their graves eat them up. No one remembers sinful people anymore. They are cut down like trees.

Job 9:31

Even then you would throw me into a muddy pit. And even my clothes would hate me.

Isaiah 1:6

There isn’t a healthy spot on your body. You are not healthy from the bottom of your feet to the top of your head. You have nothing but wounds, cuts and open sores. They haven’t been cleaned up or bandaged or treated with olive oil.

Isaiah 14:11

Your grand show of power has been brought down to the grave. The noise of your harps has come down here along with your power. Maggots are spread out under you. Worms cover you.

Isaiah 66:24

“When they go out of Jerusalem, they will see the dead bodies of those who refused to obey me. The worms that eat their bodies will not die. The fire that burns them will not be put out. It will make everyone sick just to look at them.”

Ezekiel 20:43

There you will remember your conduct. You will think about everything you did that made you “unclean.” And you will hate yourselves because of all the evil things you have done.

Acts 12:23

Right away an angel of the Lord struck Herod down. Herod had not given praise to God. So he was eaten by worms and died.