8Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.


In Context

5 But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage your pain.

6 If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?

7 But now he hath made me weary; ... thou hast made desolate all my family;

8 Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.

9 His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; as mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.

10 They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.

Job 16:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me:] and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:8You have bound me-and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:8My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:8And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:8And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:8And you have filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me bears witness to my face.