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Job 13:28

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And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
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  1. Psalms 39:11Rank 1 from verse 28
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    11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

  2. Job 4:19Rank 2 from verse 28
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    19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

  3. Hosea 5:12Rank 3 from verse 28
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    12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

  4. Job 30:17–19Rank 4 from verse 28
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    17My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

    18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

    19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

  5. Job 30:29–30Rank 5 from verse 28
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    29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

    30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

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Job 13:28

COMBINED MEANING

rotten

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Putrid; carious; decomposed by the natural process of decay.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

garment

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1. An article of clothing or covering worn or placed about the body. 2. Figuratively, something that covers or surrounds as clothing does.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

moth

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A small winged creature known for consuming or corrupting garments and other perishable things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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eaten

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Sense 1: Chewed and swallowed. Sense 2: Consumed or corroded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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

28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

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