Job 16:8

Job 16:8 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;

my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

8“And You have shriveled me up,

It has become a witness;

And my infirmity rises up against me,

It testifies to my face.

8“You have taken a firm hold on me and have shriveled me up,

It has become a witness [against me];

And my leanness [and infirmity] rises up [as evidence] against me,

It testifies to my face [about my guilt].

8You have bound me, and it has become a witness;

my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

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.

8And hast made me full of wrinkles which is a witnesse thereof, and my leannes ryseth vp in me, testifying the same in my face.

8You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me.

My leanness rises up against me.

It testifies to my face.

8People can see the condition he has put me in.

My thin body stands as a witness against me.

8You have taken hold of me.

Because of my troubles,

people think that I am guilty.

Because my body is so thin,

people think that I have done bad things.

8And You loathe me, || For it has been a witness, || And my failure rises up against me, || It testifies in my face.