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Verse Job 7:5. _MY FLESH IS CLOTHED WITH WORMS_] This is perhaps no
figure, but is literally true: the miserably ulcerated state of his
body, exposed to the open air, and in a state of great destituti...
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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 learn
the nature of his complaint; compare the notes at Job 2:7. The...
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CHAPTER S 6-7 JOB'S ANSWER
_ 1. His Despair justified by the greatness of his suffering (Job
6:1)_
2. He requests to be cut off (Job 6:8)
3. He reproacheth his friends (Job 6:14)
4. The misery of...
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Job complains of the misery of his life and destiny. How is it that
Job does not go on to maintain his innocence? Instead of this he
proceeds to show how dreadfully he suffers, and to accuse God of
cr...
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A graphic account of his condition under his malady. Job 7:4 should
probably be rendered,
When I lie down I say, When shall I arise?
And the night stretches out, and I am full of tossings, &c.
At e...
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_with worms and clods of dust_ His ulcers bred worms; and the hard
earthy-like crust of his sores he calls lumps of dust.
_is broken, and become loathsome_ Rather, MY SKIN CLOSES AND BREAKS
AFRESH th...
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MY FLESH IS CLOTHED WITH WORMS, &C.— _My flesh is clothed with
worms, and with the filth of dust: my skin is broken and putrifies._
Houbigant. Heath renders it, _The worm covereth my flesh, and filthy...
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5. God decrees what man receives. (Job 7:1-10)
TEXT 7:1-10
7 IS THERE NOT A WARFARE TO MAN UPON EARTH?
And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2 As a servant that earnestly desireth the...
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_MY FLESH IS CLOTHED WITH WORMS AND CLODS OF DUST; MY SKIN IS BROKEN,
AND BECOME LOATHSOME._
Clothed with worms. In elephantiasis maggots are bred in the sores.
"Herod was eaten of worms" (Acts 12:23...
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Job could not sleep by night, because of his pain. Instead, he waited
for the dawn. This is very sad. But perhaps Job was starting to have
some hope.
Daylight begins to shine at dawn. And light has a...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 7
JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY T...
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WITH WORMS AND CLODS OF DUST. — It is characteristic of
Elephantiasis that the skin becomes hard and rugous, and then cracks
and becomes ulcerated....
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לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה
_וְ_†_ג֣וּשׁ_† עָפָ֑ר עֹורִ֥י...
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VIII.
MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING
Job 6:1; Job 7:1
Job SPEAKS
WORST to endure of all things is the grief that preys on a man's own
heart because no channel outside self is provided for the hot strea...
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LONGING FOR THE EVENING
Job 7:1
The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him
that his day of labor is at an end, and we may allow ourselves to
anticipate the hour of our rew...
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Without waiting for their reply, Job broke out into a new lamentation,
more bitter than the first, for it came out of a heart whose sorrow
was aggravated by the misunderstanding of friends. Indeed, it...
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My flesh is (c) clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is
broken, and become loathsome.
(c) This signifies that his disease was rare and most horrible....
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(1) В¶ Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his
days also like the days of an hireling? (2) As a servant earnestly
desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward o...
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Job's Answer to Eliphaz
I. INTRODUCTION
I. Job 7:1 (NKJV) "[Is] [there] not a time of hard service for man on
earth? [Are] [not] his days also like the days of a hired man?
Job 7:2 Like a servant w...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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MY FLESH IS CLOTHED WITH WORMS AND CLODS OF DUST,.... Not as it would
be at death, and in the grave, as Schmidt interprets it, when it would
be eaten with worms and reduced to dust; but as it then was...
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My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken,
and become loathsome.
Ver. 5. _My flesh is clothed with worms_] Here Job showeth how and
whence his nights were so wearisome and r...
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_My flesh is clothed with worms_ Which were bred out of his corrupted
flesh and sores, and which, it seems, covered him all over like a
garment. _And clods of dust_ The dust of the earth on which he l...
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My flesh is clothed with worms, maggots breeding in the ulcers, AND
CLODS OF DUST, the crust of dried filth covering his entire body; MY
SKIN IS BROKEN AND BECOME LOATHSOME, whenever the skin made an...
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THE GENERAL MISERY OF HUMAN LIFE...
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DOES GOD NOT RECOMPENSE GOOD DEEDS?
(vv.1-16)
Job's questions in verse 1 indicate why he was so distressed at God's
dealings. No doubt too his friends would agree to his questions. "Is
there not a t...
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"MY FLESH IS CLOTHED WITH WORMS AND. CRUST OF DIRT": "His flesh
covered with worms, which had got into his open sores, and with dirty
scabs (literally clods of dust). His skin hardened (or cracked)"
_...
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1-6 Job here excuses what he could not justify, his desire of death.
Observe man's present place: he is upon earth. He is yet on earth, not
in hell. Is there not a time appointed for his abode here?...
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CLOTHED, i.e. covered all over as with a garment. WITH WORMS; which
oft breed and break forth in divers parts of living bodies, as history
and experience witnesseth, and which were easily bred out of...
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Job 7:5 flesh H1320 caked H3847 (H8804) worms H7415 dust H1487 H6083
skin H5785 cracked H7280 ...
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Job was sorely troubled by the cruel speeches of his friends, and he
answered them out of the bitterness of his soul. What we are first
about to read is a part of his language under those circumstance...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to Eliphaz continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz.
CONCLUSION: We believe in the sun even when it is hidden behind a
cloud, therefore we should not doubt the goodness of God...
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Job 7:1. _Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?_ הלא
צבא _hela zaba,_ Nonne militia est homini super terra, et sicut
dies mercenarii dies ejus? “Is not the life of man a warfare upon
the e...
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_I am made to possess months of vanity._
THE WASTED WEEKS OF SICKNESS
“Months of vanity” indicate a protracted time of uselessness, when
no good cause is furthered by us, and we ourselves seem rather...
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_CONTINUATION OF JOB’S SPEECH_
Job ceases to altercate with Eliphaz and to defend himself. Resumes
his complaints, and ends by addressing himself to God.
I. COMPLAINS OF THE GENERAL LOT OF HUMANITY...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 7:1
In this chapter Job first bewails his miserable fate, of which he
expects no alleviation (verses 1-10); then claims an unlimited right
of complaint (verse 11); and finally enters i...
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Is there not an appointed time to man upon the earth? are not his days
also like the days of a hireling? As a servant earnestly desires the
shadow (Job 7:1-2),
That is, the shadow of the clock going...
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Acts 12:23; Ezekiel 20:43; Isaiah 1:6; Isaiah 14:11; Isaiah 66:24;...
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Worms — Which were bred out of Job's corrupted flesh and sores. Dust
— The dust of the earth upon which he lay. Broken — By ulcers in
all parts of it....