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


In Context

5 I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.

6 If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease — what goeth from me?

7 Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,

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

9 His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.

10 They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.

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 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 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.