Job 16:8

American Standard Version (1901)

And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me] : And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:17 : 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.
  • Job 19:20 : 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
  • Ruth 1:21 : 21 I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
  • Ps 106:15 : 15 And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
  • Ps 109:24 : 24 My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.
  • Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
  • Isa 24:16 : 16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we 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.
  • Eph 5:27 : 27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

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