Job 9:31

9:31 then you plunge me into a slimy pit ¹ 

and my own clothes abhor me.

Isaiah 66:24

66:24 “They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, ²  and the fire that consumes them will not die out. ³  All people will find the sight abhorrent.” ⁴ 

Ezekiel 20:43

20:43 And there you will remember your conduct ⁵  and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves ⁶  because of all the evil deeds you have done.

¹ tn The pointing in the MT gives the meaning “pit” or “ditch.” A number of expositors change the pointing to שֻׁחוֹת (shukhot) to obtain the equivalent of שֻׂחוֹת (sukhot) / סֻחוֹת (sukhot): “filth” (Isa 5:25). This would make the contrast vivid – Job has just washed with pure water and soap, and now God plunges him into filth. M. H. Pope argues convincingly that the word “pit” in the MT includes the idea of “filth,” making the emendation unnecessary (“The Word sahat in Job 9:31,” JBL 83 [1964]: 269-78).

² tn Heb “for their worm will not die.”

³ tn Heb “and their fire will not be extinguished.”

⁴ tn Heb “and they will be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

⁵ tn Heb “ways.”

⁶ tn Heb “loathe yourselves in your faces.”