Job 16:8

And thou have laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]. And my leanness rises up against me; it testifies to my face.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7But now he has made me weary. Thou have made desolate all my company.

9He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed upon me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes upon me.

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Cross References

Ruth 1:21I went out full, and LORD has brought me home again empty. Why do ye call me Naomi, seeing LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?

Job 19:20My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Psalms 109:24My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails of fatness.

Isaiah 24:16From the outermost part of the earth we have heard songs. Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously, yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

Matthew Henry on Job 16:7-17

Grievances of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? 7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 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… Read the whole commentary →

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