Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Hosea 5:12 - Revised Standard Version Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like dry rot to the house of Judah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim and like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them]. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. Common English Bible Therefore, I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will be like a moth to Ephraim: and like rottenness to the house of Juda. |
Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! Selah
A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Behold, the Lord God helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my deliverance will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.”
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered.