Job 16:15
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
- KJV
- I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
- WEB
- I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
- ASV
- I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
- DARBY
- I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.
- BLB
- I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have thrust my horn into the dust.
- ÅB
- Jeg har sydd sekk om min hud og stukket mitt horn i støvet[^3];
- OTB
- Jeg har sydd sekkestrie over min hud
og begravet min panne i støvet. - B1930
- Jeg har sydd sekk om min hud og stukket mitt horn i støvet; / < d.e. opgitt min makt og høihet.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 37:34
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Read in contextPsalms 7:5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Read in context1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:12
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Read in contextPsalms 75:5
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:10
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
Read in contextPsalms 75:10
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Read in contextJob 30:19
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
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