Job 16:8 — Bible Verse (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.”

Job 16:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 16:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 16:8 WEB — 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.”

Job 16:8 — World English Bible

Job 16:8 ASV — 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. ”

Job 16:8 — American Standard Version

Job 16:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Job 16:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 16:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Job 16:8 — Darby Translation

Job 16:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“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.”

Job 16:8 — Geneva Bible

Job 16:8 in Context — Job 16

6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

8 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.

9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

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What Does Job 16:8 Mean?

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