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Job 16:8

World English Bible

You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me.
My leanness rises up against me.
It testifies to my face.

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Job 16:8 in other translations

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.

Job 16:8 · American Standard Version

Job 16:8 in context

  1. 6“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided.
    Though I forbear, what am I eased?
  2. 7But now, God, you have surely worn me out.
    You have made all my company desolate.
  3. 8You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me.
    My leanness rises up against me.
    It testifies to my face.
  4. 9He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me.
    He has gnashed on me with his teeth.
    My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
  5. 10They have gaped on me with their mouth.
    They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully.
    They gather themselves together against me.