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


In Context

5 But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

6 "Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.

7 Surely, O God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

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

9 God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.

10 Men open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:8Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness 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.