Job 16:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:17 : 17 That you would send new witnesses against me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me.
  • Job 19:20 : 20 My bones are joined to my skin, and I have got away with my flesh in my teeth.
  • Ruth 1:21 : 21 I went out full, and the Lord has sent me back again with nothing; why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that the Lord has given witness against me, and the Ruler of all has sent sorrow on me?
  • Ps 106:15 : 15 And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease into their souls.
  • Ps 109:24 : 24 My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.
  • Isa 10:16 : 16 For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.
  • Isa 24:16 : 16 From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.
  • Eph 5:27 : 27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

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