Other translations
American Standard Version
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Darby Bible Translation
One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is moth-eaten.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
God's Word
I am like worn-out wineskins, like moth-eaten clothes.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Man wears out like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
International Standard Version
So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."
NET Bible
So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
New American Standard Bible
While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
New International Version
"So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
New Living Translation
I waste away like rotting wood, like a moth-eaten coat.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten.
The World English Bible
though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
EasyEnglish Bible
So my life is slowly disappearing. It is like a coat that moths are eating.
Young‘s Literal Translation
And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
New Life Version
I am wasting away like a piece of dead wood, like clothing eaten by the moth.
The Voice Bible
This is how a person wastes away to nothing, like something rotten, like moth-eaten clothing.
Living Bible
You send me to prison and shut me in on every side. I am like a fallen, rotten tree, like a moth-eaten coat.
New Catholic Bible
Thus, I waste away like rotting wood or like a moth-eaten garment.
Legacy Standard Bible
While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Jubilee Bible 2000
And man, is as a rotten thing that is being consumed, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Christian Standard Bible
A person wears out like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Amplified Bible © 1954
And he wastes away as a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
New Century Version
“Everyone wears out like something rotten, like clothing eaten by moths.
The Message
“Like something rotten, human life fast decomposes, like a moth-eaten shirt or a mildewed blouse.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
So a man rots away like a garment eaten by moths.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
One wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Good News Translation®
As a result, I crumble like rotten wood, like a moth-eaten coat.
Wycliffe Bible
And I shall be wasted as rot, and as a cloth, that is eaten of a moth. (And I shall be wasted by rot, and like a cloak, that is eaten by a moth.)
Contemporary English Version
I am rotting away like cloth eaten by worms.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
One wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
One wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Common English Bible © 2011
Surely a person wastes away like refuse, like clothing that a moth eats.
Amplified Bible © 2015
While I waste away like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
English Standard Version Anglicised
Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Though I wear out like a leather bottle, like a garment the moth has consumed.
New American Standard Bible
While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
The Expanded Bible
“Everyone wears out like something rotten, like clothing eaten by moths.
Tree of Life Version
“So he wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Revised Standard Version
Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
New International Reader's Version
“People waste away like something that is rotten. They are like clothes that are eaten by moths.
BRG Bible
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Complete Jewish Bible
though [my body] decays like something rotten or like a moth-eaten garment.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
One wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Around one who wastes away as a rotten thing, as a beged (garment) that is moth eaten.
Names of God Bible
I am like worn-out wineskins, like moth-eaten clothes.
Modern English Version
“Man, as a rotten thing, decays, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Easy-to-Read Version
So I am becoming weaker and weaker, like a piece of wood rotting away, like a piece of cloth eaten by moths.
International Children’s Bible
So man wears out like something rotten. He is like clothing that has been eaten by moths.
Lexham English Bible
And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that the moth has eaten.
New International Version - UK
‘So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.