Job 16:15
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
In Context
14He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
16My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:10Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
Job 30:19He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
Psalms 75:5Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
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 →