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Job 16:8 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Job 16:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 16 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Job 16:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 16:8
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles (וַתִּקְמְטֵנִי, vatikmteni)—The rare verb קָמַט (qamat) means 'to seize, shrivel, make wrinkled.' Job addresses God directly: You have shriveled me. His emaciation becomes a witness against me (לְעֵד, le'ed)—legal terminology. His physical collapse testifies in the cosmic courtroom.And my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face (וַיָּקָם בִּי כַחֲשִׁי, vayaqam bi khachashi)—The noun כַּחַשׁ (kachash) means 'leanness, emaciation, lying.' Some translations read 'my leanness' as 'my gauntness'; others interpret it as 'my liar'—his wasted body fal...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 16:8
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“and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.”
“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh”
“and Yahweh has brought me home again empty; why do you call me Naomi”
“My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.”
“Yahweh of Armies”
“I pine away! I pine away! woe is me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes”
“not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
“but sent leanness into their soul.”