Job 16:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.”
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“You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 16:8 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.”
- 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 106:15So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
- Psalms 109:24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
- 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.
- 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.
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