Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
My face is reddened from weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Holman Bible
and darkness
International Standard Version
My face is red from my tears, and dark shadows encircle my eyelids,
A Conservative Version
My face is red with weeping, and the shadow of death is on my eyelids,
American Standard Version
My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Amplified
“My face is red and swollen with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],
Bible in Basic English
My face is red with weeping, and my eyes are becoming dark;
Darby Translation
My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Julia Smith Translation
My face became red from weeping, and upon my eye-lashes the shadow of death
King James 2000
My face is foul from weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Lexham Expanded Bible
My face is red because of weeping, and deep shadows [are] on my eyelids,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My face is swollen with weeping, and mine eyes are waxen dim.
NET Bible
my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,
New Heart English Bible
My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.
The Emphasized Bible
My face, is reddened from weeping, and, upon mine eyelashes, is the death-shade: -
Webster
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids are the shades of death;
World English Bible
My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.
Youngs Literal Translation
My face is foul with weeping, And on mine eyelids is death-shade.
Themes
death » Nearness of » Shadow of
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The lid
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners » Of disappointment and grief
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Everything Was Going Well
15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin and thrust my horn in the dust. 16 My face is reddened from weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; 17 though no violence is in my hand, and my prayer is pure.
Names
Cross References
Job 17:7
My eye also is dim from grief; and all my members are like a shadow.
Psalm 6:6-7
I am weary in my groaning; all the night I make my bed swim; I melt my couch with my tears.
Psalm 31:9
Have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am in trouble; my eye has become old with grief, my soul and my belly.
Psalm 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones became old through my roaring all the day long.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary from my crying; my throat is dried; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 102:3-5
For my days go up like smoke, and my bones glow like a firebrand.
Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and have mixed my drink with weeping,
Psalm 116:3
The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the pains of hell took hold on me; I found trouble and sorrow.
Isaiah 52:14
Just as many were astonished at You (so much was the disfigurement from man, His appearance and His form from the sons of mankind);
Lamentations 1:16
For these I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who could refresh my soul is far from me. My sons are desolated because the enemy prevails.
Jonah 2:1-10
And Jonah prayed to Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly,
Mark 14:34
And He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful to death. Stay here and watch.