Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Holman Bible
I have buried my strength
International Standard Version
"I've even sewn sackcloth directly to my skin; I've buried my strength in the dust.
A Conservative Version
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.
American Standard Version
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
Amplified
“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning]
And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust.
Bible in Basic English
I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.
Darby Translation
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.
Julia Smith Translation
I sewed together sackcloth upon my skin, and I thrust my horn into the dust.
King James 2000
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and laid my strength in the dust.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and I have inserted {my pride} in the dust.
Modern King James verseion
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin and thrust my horn in the dust.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have sewed a sackcloth upon my skin, and lie with my strength in the dust.
NET Bible
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;
New Heart English Bible
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
The Emphasized Bible
Sackcloth, sewed I on my skin, and rolled - in the dust - my horn:
Webster
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
World English Bible
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.
Themes
Horns » Illustrative » (bringing down,) of degradation
Sackcloth » A symbol of mourning
Sackcloth » Was worn » Frequently next the skin in deep afflictions
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Everything Was Going Well
14
He broke me with breach upon breach; he ran upon me like a giant.
15
And
Names
Cross References
Psalm 7:5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; let him tread down my life upon the earth and lay my honour in the dust. Selah.
Psalm 75:10
And I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob rent his clothes and put sackcloth upon his loins and mourned for his son many days.
1 Samuel 2:10
LORD, thine adversaries shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven he shall thunder upon them. The LORD shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give strength unto his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.
1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh and fasted and slept in sackcloth and went softly.
Job 30:19
He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
Psalm 75:5
Do not lift up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.
Isaiah 22:12
Therefore the Lord GOD of the hosts did call in this day unto weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth: