The worm is used symbolically to show the extreme feebleness of man. Job 17:14; Job 25:6. In blessing Israel Jehovah said, "Fear not, thou worm Jacob," Isa 41:14; and the Lord, to indicate the low estate in which He was, said, "I am a worm and no man." Psa 22:6. In the grave man’s body becomes the companion of worms, if they do not actually feed upon it. Job 21:26; Job 24:20; Isa 14:11. Of the eternal punishment of the wicked it is recorded "their worm dieth not." Mar 9:44; Mar 9:46; Mar 9:48; cf. Isa 66:24. Herod Agrippa, being smitten by an angel, was literally ’eaten of worms.’ Act 12:23. In Job 25:6 man is compared to a worm - literally ’a maggot’ - an apt figure of moral corruption.
By: Joseph Jacobs
Frankfort and English family, tracing its descent from Aaron Worms of Frankfort-on-the-Main in the middle of the eighteenth century. Aaron’s great-great-grandson was created hereditary baron of the Austrian empire April 23, 1871; and a later descendant, Baron Henry de Worms, was raised to the British peerage as Lord Pirbright (see pedigree below).