Job 16:15
שַׂק תָּפַרְתִּי עֲלֵי גִלְדִּי וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
In Context
14יִפְרְצֵנִי פֶרֶץ עַל ־ פְּנֵי ־ פָרֶץ יָרֻץ עָלַי כְּגִבּֽוֹר ׃
16פָּנַי חמרמרה מִנִּי ־ בֶכִי וְעַל עַפְעַפַּי צַלְמָֽוֶת ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:10יְהוָה יֵחַתּוּ מריבו עלו בַּשָּׁמַיִם יַרְעֵם יְהוָה יָדִין אַפְסֵי ־ אָרֶץ וְיִתֶּן ־ עֹז לְמַלְכּוֹ וְיָרֵם קֶרֶן מְשִׁיחֽוֹ ׃ פ
Job 30:19הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵֽפֶר ׃
Psalms 75:5אָמַרְתִּי לַֽהוֹלְלִים אַל ־ תָּהֹלּוּ וְלָרְשָׁעִים אַל ־ תָּרִימוּ קָֽרֶן ׃
Isaiah 22:12וַיִּקְרָא אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאוֹת בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לִבְכִי וּלְמִסְפֵּד וּלְקָרְחָה וְלַחֲגֹר שָֽׂק ׃
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 →