Parallel Verses
Amplified
“You have taken a firm hold on me and have shriveled me up,
It has become a witness [against me];
And my leanness [and infirmity] rises up [as evidence] against me,
It testifies to my face [about my guilt].
New American Standard Bible
And my
It testifies to my face.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.
International Standard Version
You've arrested me, making me testify against myself! My leanness rises up to attack me, accusing me to my face.
A Conservative Version
And thou have laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]. And my leanness rises up against me; it testifies to my face.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.
Darby Translation
Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt lay fast hold on me to be for a testimony, and my leanness will rise up in me; it will answer against my face.
King James 2000
And you have filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me bears witness to my face.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus you shriveled me up; it became a witness. And my leanness has risen up against me; it testifies to my face.
Modern King James verseion
And You have plucked me, for it is a witness, and my failure rises up against me, and it answers to my face.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And that thou hast filled me with wrinkles, my flesh is witness; and my leanness riseth up against me and beareth witness thereof in my face.
NET Bible
You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.
New Heart English Bible
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
The Emphasized Bible
And, having captured me, it hath served, as a witness; and so my wasting away hath risen up against me, in my face, it answereth.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 16:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Fifth Speech
7
“But now God has exhausted me.
You [O Lord] have destroyed all my family and my household.
“You have taken a firm hold on me and have shriveled me up,
It has become a witness [against me];
And my leanness [and infirmity] rises up [as evidence] against me,
It testifies to my face [about my guilt].
“His wrath has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with his teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze and glares [with piercing eyes] at me.
Names
Cross References
Job 10:17
‘You renew Your witnesses against me
And increase Your indignation and anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with me [attacking me time after time].
Ruth 1:21
I left full [with a husband and two sons], but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
Job 19:20
“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.
Psalm 106:15
So He gave them their request,
But sent a wasting disease among them.
Psalm 109:24
My knees are unsteady from fasting;
And my flesh is gaunt and without fatness.
Isaiah 10:16
Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, will send a wasting disease among the stout warriors of Assyria;
And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
Isaiah 24:16
From the ends of the earth we hear songs, “Glory and honor to the Righteous One,”
But I say, “I waste away, I waste away. Woe to me!
The treacherous deal treacherously,
Indeed, the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
Ephesians 5:27
so that [in turn] He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy [set apart for God] and blameless.