Job 16:8
You have bound me up as a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
You have filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me, and my leanness rising up in me bears witness to my face.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And thou hast laid fast hold{H7059} on me, [which] is a witness{H5707} [against me]: And my leanness{H3585} riseth up{H6965} against me, It testifieth{H6030} to my face.{H6440}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles{H7059}{(H8799)}, which is a witness{H5707} against me: and my leanness{H3585} rising up{H6965}{(H8799)} in me beareth witness{H6030}{(H8799)} to my face{H6440}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
(wherof my wryncles beare wytnesse) there stodeth vp a dyssembler to make me answere with lyes to my face.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And hast made me full of wrinkles which is a witnesse thereof, and my leannes ryseth vp in me, testifying the same in my face.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And that thou hast filled me with wrinckles my fleshe is recorde, and my leanenesse ryseth vp against me and beareth witnes thereof in my face.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.
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.
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.
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.
World English Bible (2000)
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.
Referenced Verses
- Job 10:17 : 17 You bring new witnesses against me and increase Your anger toward me, bringing forces and hostilities against me.
- Job 19:20 : 20 My bones cling to my skin and my flesh, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
- Ruth 1:21 : 21 I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.
- Ps 106:15 : 15 So He gave them what they asked for but sent leanness into their souls.
- Ps 109:24 : 24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body has grown thin and gaunt.
- Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, will send leanness among his robust ones, and under his glory, a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
- Isa 24:16 : 16 From the ends of the earth, we hear songs: 'Glory to the Righteous One.' But I said, 'I perish, I perish, woe to me! The treacherous betray, with treachery the treacherous betray.'
- Eph 5:27 : 27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
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