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The Book of Job, Chapter 16, Verse 15

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14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
King James Version
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
American Standard Version
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
New English Translation
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;
World English Bible
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
16
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
17
Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19
Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.
20
My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.
21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
22
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.
2
[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?