King James Version
Job 13:28 in the King James Version says “And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.” — study this verse from Job chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.”
Job 13:28 · KJV
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
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 Study — Public Domain
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“consumeth”
H1086to fail; by implication to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)
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