Job 30:30

30 My skin has turned dark on me;
The MT has “become dark from upon me,” prompting some editions to supply the verb “falls from me” (RSV, NRSV), or “peels” (NIV).

my body
The word “my bones” may be taken as a metonymy of subject, the bony framework indicating the whole body.
is hot with fever.
The word חֹרֶב (khorev) also means “heat.” The heat in this line is not that of the sun, but obviously a fever.

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