Job 16:8

In 11 translations

BSB

You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

KJV

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.

WEB

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

ASV

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.

LSV

And You loathe me, || For it has been a witness, || And my failure rises up against me, || It testifies in my face.

YLT

And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.

DBY

Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.

DRC16:9

My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me.

GNV

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.

JPS

And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.

LXXE

My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face.

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WLC

וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵ֣ד הָיָ֑ה וַיָּ֥קָם בִּ֥י כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י בְּפָנַ֥י יַעֲנֶֽה׃

LXX-Br

Εἰς μαρτύριον ἐγενήθη, καὶ ἀνέστη ἐν ἐμοὶ τὸ ψεῦδός μου, κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου ἀνταπεκρίθη.

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• Job 10:17You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
• Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
• Psalms 109:24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
• Ruth 1:21I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
• Isaiah 24:16From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.
• Ephesians 5:27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
• Psalms 106:15So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
• Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.

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