Job 13:28

13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. lookest: Heb. observest heels: Heb. roots

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

KJV

Save image

though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

And he, as a rotten thing, consumes, as a garment that is moth eaten.

What does Job 13:28 mean?

Job 13:28 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רָקָב (râqâb), בָּלָה (bâlâh), בֶּגֶד (beged). It connects to 5 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

And

he,

rotten

thing,רָקָבrâqâb/raw-kawb'/H7538decay (by caries)

consumeth,בָּלָהbâlâh/baw-law'/H1086to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)

garmentבֶּגֶדbeged/behg'-ed/H899a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

that

mothעָשׁʻâsh/awsh/H6211a moth

eaten.אָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)

Commentary on Job 13:28

HENRY_FULL · Job 13:28

this chapter, goes on to express the bitter sense he had of his calamities and to justify himself in his desire of death. I. He complains to himself and his friends of his troubles, and the constant agitation he was in, ver. 1-6 . II. He turns to God, and expostulates with him ( ver. 7 , to the end), in which, 1. He pleads the final period which death puts to our present state, ver. 7-10 . 2. He passionately complains of the miserable condition he was now in, ver. 11-16 . 3. He wonders that God will thus contend with him, and begs for the pardon of his sins and a speedy release out of his miseries, ver. 17-21 . It is hard to methodize the speeches of one who owned himself almost desperate, ch. vi. 26 . Job's Reply to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.)

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Leviticus 19:13

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Deuteronomy 24:15

At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. setteth: Heb. lifteth his soul unto it

Jeremiah 6:4

Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. oppress: or, defraud

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Topics

Moth Moth, the Reasoning

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Job 13:28.

Genesis 28:20

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

Hosea 5:12

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. rottenness: or, a worm

Isaiah 50:9

Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

Frequently asked questions

What does Job 13:28 say?

Job 13:28 (King James Version) reads: "And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten."

Is Job 13:28 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 13:28 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

Reflect

As you read Job 13:28, what is one truth here you can carry into today?

Plan a sermon or study on Job 13:28 →

← 13:27