Job 16:8

You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

Majority Standard Bible

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

7Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.

9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

Read all of Job 16

Cross References

Ruth 1:21I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”

Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Psalms 109:24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

Isaiah 24:16From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 16:8