Job 13:28

“And he as a rotten thing consumeth, etc.] This by some Jewish writers f569 is referred to and connected with the driven leaf and dry stubble Job compares himself to, (<181325>Job 13:25); and so the sense is, that his body, which, for its frailty and weakness, is compared to such things, is like any rotten thing, a rotten tree, as Ben Melech; or any thing else that is rotten, that is consuming and wasting away, as Job’s body was, being clothed with worms and clods of dust: as a garment that is moth eaten; a woollen garment, which gathers dust, out of which motifs arise; for dust, in wool and woollen garments produces moths, as Aristotle f570 and Pliny f571 observe; and a garment eaten by…”

“Job speaks of himself in the third person, thus forming the transition to the general lot of man (Job 14:1; Psa 39:11; Hos 5:12). Next: Job Chapter 14”

“And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth - Noyes renders this, “And I, like an abandoned thing, shall waste away.” Dr. Good translates it, “Well may he dissolve as corrupttion.” Rosenmuller supposes that Job refers to himself by the word הוּא hû' - he, and that having spoken of himself in the previous verses, he now changes the mode of speech, and speaks in the third person. In illustration of this, he refers to a passage in Euripides, “Alcestes,” verse 690. The Vulgate renders it in the first person, “Qui quasi putredo consumendus sum.” The design seems to be, to represent himself as an object not worthy such consent surveillance on the part of God. God set his mark upon him; watched him with…”

“He - He speaks of himself in the third person, as is usual in this and other sacred books. So the sense is, he, this poor frail creature, this body of mine; which possibly he pointed at with his finger, consumeth or pineth away. Next: Job Chapter 14”

“And he: Job 30:17-19, Job 30:29, Job 30:30; Num 12:12 as a garment: Job 4:19; Psa 39:11; Hos 5:12 Next: Job Chapter 14”