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The Book of Job, Chapter 16, Verse 8

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7
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
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.
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.
New English Translation
You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.
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.
9
He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled 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.