Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

You have shriveled me up—it has become a witness;
My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

New American Standard Bible

“You have shriveled me up,
It has become a witness;
And my leanness rises up against me,
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.

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.

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].

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles
קמט 
Qamat 
cut down, filled me with wrinkles
Usage: 2

which is a witness
עד 
`ed 
Usage: 69

against me and my leanness
כּחשׁ 
Kachash 
Usage: 6

rising up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Job's Fifth Speech

7 Surely He has now exhausted me.
You have devastated my entire family.
8 You have shriveled me up—it has become a witness;
My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.
9 His anger tears at me, and He harasses me.
He gnashes His teeth at me.
My enemy pierces me with His eyes.


Cross References

Job 10:17

You produce new witnesses against me
and multiply Your anger toward me.
Hardships assault me, wave after wave.

Ruth 1:21

I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has pronounced judgment on me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

Job 19:20

My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;
I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 106:15

He gave them what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease among them.

Psalm 109:24

My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.

Isaiah 10:16

Therefore the Lord God of Hosts
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and He will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.

Isaiah 24:16

From the ends of the earth we hear songs:
The Splendor of the Righteous One.


But I said, “I waste away! I waste away!
Woe is me.”
The treacherous act treacherously;
the treacherous deal very treacherously.

Ephesians 5:27

He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

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