Job 7:5, Psa 102:5 | JFB | e4.org | 5. In elephantiasis maggots are bred in the sores ( ). clods of dust —rather, a crust of dried filth and accumulated corruption ( ). my skin is broken and . . . loathsome —rather, comes together so as to heal up, and again breaks out with running matter [GESENIUS ]. More simply the Hebrew is, "My skin rests (for a time) and (again) melts away" ( ).

‏ Job 7:5

5. In elephantiasis maggots are bred in the sores (Ac 12:23; Isa 14:11).

clods of dust—rather, a crust of dried filth and accumulated corruption (Job 2:7, 8).

my skin is broken and . . . loathsome—rather, comes together so as to heal up, and again breaks out with running matter [GESENIUS]. More simply the Hebrew is, "My skin rests (for a time) and (again) melts away" (Ps 58:7).

‏ Psalms 102:5

5. voice . . . groaning—effect put for cause, my agony emaciates me.