I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

  • KJV King James Version

    I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

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Cross-references (8)

Passages linked to Job 16:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Genesis 37:34 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
  • Psalms 7:5 let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust.
  • 1 Kings 21:27 When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
  • Psalms 75:5 Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”
  • Isaiah 22:12 In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;
  • 1 Samuel 2:10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
  • Job 30:19 He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.
  • Psalms 75:10 I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

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Explain this verse (15 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, his glory was brought low.

Meaning, his glory was brought low.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. I put on sackcloth sewed together, not upon…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain My face is foul with weeping,.... On account of…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I have - So far am I from stretching…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. I have sewed sackcloth] שק sak, a…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 16:15-16. I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain I have sewed sackcloth - I have put on…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain sewed--denoting the tight fit of the mourning garment; it…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. Sackcloth — This cloth was of a coarse…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. Putting on sackcloth was the sign of mourning;…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin.—Referring, probably,…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin. Another transition.…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 I have sewn sackcloth on my skin
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:15 Since Job insisted on his innocence, his wearing…

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