Then Satan left the LORD's presence and made sores break out all over Job's body.

Job went and sat by the garbage dump and took a piece of broken pottery to scrape his sores.

I will call the grave my father, and the worms that eat me I will call my mother and my sisters.

Even after my skin is eaten by disease, while still in this body I will see God.

Not even their mothers remember them now; they are eaten by worms and destroyed like fallen trees.

God seizes me by my collar and twists my clothes out of shape.

He throws me down in the mud; I am no better than dirt.

Because I have been foolish, my sores stink and rot.

I am burning with fever and I am near death.

From head to foot there is not a healthy spot on your body. You are covered with bruises and sores and open wounds. Your wounds have not been cleaned or bandaged. No medicine has been put on them.

You used to be honored with the music of harps, but now here you are in the world of the dead. You lie on a bed of maggots and are covered with a blanket of worms.' "

At once the angel of the Lord struck Herod down, because he did not give honor to God. He was eaten by worms and died.

God throws me into a pit with filth, and even my clothes are ashamed of me.

"As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me. The worms that eat them will never die, and the fire that burns them will never be put out. The sight of them will be disgusting to all people."

Then you will remember all the disgraceful things you did and how you defiled yourselves. You will be disgusted with yourselves because of all the evil things you did.