Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 13:28

28. And he , as a rotten thing, consumeth as a Garment that is Moth-eaten.

Either 1. Man, or Iob, supposed to be Gods Adversary in this contest. So he speaks of himself in the third Person, as is usual in this and other sacred Books. So the Sense is, He, i. e. this poor frail Creature, this Carkass or Body of mine; which possibly he pointed a[illegible: 1+ letters] with his Finger, consumeth or pineth away, &c. So he mentions here the effect of Gods severe proceedings against him, to wit, his Consum[illegible: 1+ letters]tion, and utter Destruction, which was making haste towards him. Or, 2▪ God, of whom he hitherto spoke in the second Person, and now in the third Person, such changes of persons being very frequent in poetical Writings, such as this is. So he continueth the former Discourse, and as before he mentioned Gods severe Enquiry into his ways, and Sentence against him, so here he describes the Consequence and dreadful Execution of it upon him: He i. e. God, consumeth (for the Verb is Active) me as rottenness consumeth that in which it is, or as a rotten thing is consumed, and as a Moth which eateth a Garment.