Job 16:15
“Because I am mourning, I wear pieces of rough cloth that I have sewed together, and I sit here in the dirt, very depressed/discouraged.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
In Context
16My face is red because I have cried very much, and there are dark circles around my eyes.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:10Yahweh, you will break into pieces those who oppose you. You will cause thunder in the sky to show that you ◄oppose/are angry with► them. Yahweh, you will judge people everywhere, even those who live in the most remote places on the earth. You will give strength to the king whom you will appoint, and give him great power over his enemies.”
Job 30:19He has thrown me into the mud; I am not worth anything more than dust and ashes.
Psalms 75:5Do not be arrogant, and do not speak so boastfully!’”
Isaiah 22:12The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
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 →