Job 16:8
6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
- KJV
- And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
- WEB
- You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
- ASV
- And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.
- DARBY
- Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.
- BLB
- You have bound me—it is a witness; and my leanness rises up against me; it testifies against my face.
- ÅB
- Og du grep meg fatt - det ble et vitne mot meg; min magerhet sto opp imot meg, like i mitt åsyn vitnet den mot meg.
- OTB
- Du har skrumpet meg inn,
og det har blitt et vitne;
min avmagring reiser seg
og vitner mot meg. - B1930
- Og du grep mig fatt - det blev et vidne mot mig; min magerhet stod op imot mig, like i mitt åsyn vidnet den mot mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 10:17
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
Read in contextJob 19:20
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Read in contextRuth 1:21
I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Read in contextPsalms 109:24
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
Read in contextPsalms 106:15
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
Read in contextEphesians 5:27
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:16
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:16
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
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