Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageFor the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will consume them like wool — but My righteousness will last forever, and My salvation from one generation to the next.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFor the moth will devour them like a garment, and the grub will eat them like wool — but My righteousness will be for ever, and My salvation to generation upon generation.
KJV
King James VersionFor the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFor the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
Footnotes
The moth-and-grub imagery frames human power as already decaying from the inside — the oppressor's glory is moth-eaten before it is ever attacked. סָס (*sas*) is a larval worm or grub; FOG renders "grub" (UK English) for its specificity; FOG Message uses "worm" for accessibility. The deliberate repetition of the garment image (cf. v. 6, "earth will wear thin like a garment") creates a poetic chiasm across the strophe: what is true of the whole earth is equally true of every individual enemy. Both versions preserve the eternal-vs-moth contrast as the chapter's governing theological rhythm.
