Job Decries His Comforters
Job 16:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
- KJV
- I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
- WEB
- I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
- ASV
- I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
- LSV
- I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, || And have rolled my horn in the dust.
- YLT
- Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.
- DBY
- I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.
- DRC16:16
- I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.
- GNV
- I haue sowed a sackcloth vpon my skinne, and haue abased mine horne vnto the dust.
- JPS
- I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.
- LXXE
- They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי׃
- LXX-Br
- Σάκκον ἔῤῥαψαν ἐπὶ βύρσης μου, τὸ δὲ σθένος μου ἐν γῇ ἐσβέσθη.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 37:34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
- Psalms 7:5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
- Psalms 75:5Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
- 1 Kings 21:27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Psalms 75:10“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
- Job 30:19He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
- 1 Samuel 2:10Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 16:16 in some Bibles
- 16:15 in most Bibles