en_tn/job/07/05.md

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# My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust
The worms and clods of dust are pictured as covering Job as if they were clothing. Alternate translation: "My flesh is covered with worms and clods of dust" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# My flesh
This represents his whole body. Alternate translation: "My body" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
# clods of dust
Possible meanings are 1) lumps or crusts of dirt or 2) scabs on the skin.
# dissolve and run afresh
"break out again"