Job 16:8
Job 16:8 in Multiple Translations
You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
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.
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.
It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.
You have made me shrivel up, which is a witness against me; my thin body testifies against me.
And hast made me full of wrinkles which is a witnesse thereof, and my leannes ryseth vp in me, testifying the same in my face.
And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
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.
But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing.
He has shriveled me up, and people think that shows that I am a sinner. And people see that I am only skin and bones, and they think that proves that I am guilty.
Berean Amplified Bible — Job 16:8
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Job 16:8 Interlinear (Deep Study)
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וַֽ֭/תִּקְמְטֵ/נִי
לְ/עֵ֣ד
הָיָ֑ה
וַ/יָּ֥קָם
בִּ֥/י
כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗/י
בְּ/פָנַ֥/י
יַעֲנֶֽה
וַֽ֭/תִּקְמְטֵ/נִי
qâmaṭ
H7059
to seize
Conj | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms | Suff
לְ/עֵ֣ד
ʻêd
H5707
witness
Prep | N-ms
הָיָ֑ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
V-Qal-Perf-3ms
וַ/יָּ֥קָם
qûwm
H6965
-kamai
Conj | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
בִּ֥/י
Prep | Suff
כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗/י
kachash
H3585
lie
N-ms | Suff
בְּ/פָנַ֥/י
pânîym
H6440
face
Prep | N-cp | Suff
יַעֲנֶֽה
ʻânâh
H6030
to dwell
V-Qal-Imperf-3ms
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Hebrew Word Reference — Job 16:8
וַֽ֭/תִּקְמְטֵ/נִי
qâmaṭ
H7059
"to seize"
Conj | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms | Suff
The Hebrew word qâmaṭ means to seize or destroy something, like cutting down a tree or filling something with wrinkles. It appears in the Bible as a way to describe sudden or forceful actions, such as in battles or natural disasters. This word is used to convey a sense of power or intensity.
Definition: 1) to seize 1a) (Qal) to seize 1b) (Pual) to be snatched away prematurely
Usage: Occurs in 2 OT verses. KJV: cut down, fill with wrinkles. See also: Job 16:8; Job 22:16.
לְ/עֵ֣ד
ʻêd
H5707
"witness"
Prep | N-ms
This Hebrew word means witness or testimony, describing someone who sees or experiences something. It's used in the Bible to talk about people who testify to what they've seen, like in Deuteronomy when describing legal witnesses.
Definition: 1) witness 1a) witness, testimony, evidence (of things) 1b) witness (of people)
Usage: Occurs in 60 OT verses. KJV: witness. See also: Genesis 31:44; Psalms 27:12; Psalms 35:11.
הָיָ֑ה
hâyâh
H1961
"to be"
V-Qal-Perf-3ms
The Hebrew word for to be means to exist or come into being. It is used to describe something that happens or comes to pass, like in Genesis where God creates the world.
Definition: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone
Usage: Occurs in 3131 OT verses. KJV: beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use. See also: Genesis 1:2; Genesis 17:4; Genesis 36:11.
וַ/יָּ֥קָם
qûwm
H6965
"-kamai"
Conj | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
Qum means to rise or stand up, used in various contexts like rising to power or standing firm, as seen in Jeremiah and Ezra.
Definition: Combined with lev (לֵב "Leb" H3820B) § -Kamai = "my adversary" Leb-kamai, i.e., people of Gambulai
Usage: Occurs in 596 OT verses. KJV: abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising). See also: Genesis 4:8; Numbers 30:13; Ruth 4:10.
בִּ֥/י
""
Prep | Suff
כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗/י
kachash
H3585
"lie"
N-ms | Suff
A lie or deception, like the hypocrisy Jesus condemned in Matthew 23:27. It can also refer to physical weakness or emaciation, as in Proverbs 14:25.
Definition: 1) lying, deception 2) leanness, failure
Usage: Occurs in 6 OT verses. KJV: leanness, lies, lying. See also: Job 16:8; Hosea 10:13; Psalms 59:13.
בְּ/פָנַ֥/י
pânîym
H6440
"face"
Prep | N-cp | Suff
This word means face or presence, like being in front of someone or something. It's used in many contexts, like in Genesis, Exodus, and Psalms, to describe interactions and relationships.
Definition: : face 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of
Usage: Occurs in 1891 OT verses. KJV: [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you. See also: Genesis 1:2; Genesis 43:31; Exodus 30:16.
יַעֲנֶֽה
ʻânâh
H6030
"to dwell"
V-Qal-Imperf-3ms
This verb means to sing or make music, but also to respond or give an answer. In the Bible, it is used to describe praising God in song or responding to a question. The KJV translates it as 'sing' or 'answer'.
Definition: (Qal) to dwell
Usage: Occurs in 316 OT verses. KJV: give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042 (בֵּית עֲנוֹת), H1043 (בֵּית עֲנָת). See also: Genesis 18:27; 2 Samuel 14:19; Job 40:2.
Study Notes — Job 16:8
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- Context
- Cross References
- Job 16:8 Summary
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Reflection Questions
- Gill's Exposition on Job 16:8
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 16:8
- Matthew Poole's Commentary on Job 16:8
- Trapp's Commentary on Job 16:8
- Ellicott's Commentary on Job 16:8
- Adam Clarke's Commentary on Job 16:8
- Cambridge Bible on Job 16:8
- Barnes' Notes on Job 16:8
- Whedon's Commentary on Job 16:8
- Sermons on Job 16:8
Context — Job Decries His Comforters
6Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
7Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
8You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes. 10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
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| 1 | Job 10:17 | You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave. |
| 2 | Job 19:20 | My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. |
| 3 | Ruth 1:21 | I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.” |
| 4 | Psalms 109:24 | My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt. |
| 5 | Isaiah 10:16 | Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame. |
| 6 | Psalms 106:15 | So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them. |
| 7 | Isaiah 24:16 | From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery. |
| 8 | Ephesians 5:27 | and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. |
Job 16:8 Summary
In Job 16:8, Job feels like God has bound him, or restricted him, and this has become a witness to his own weakness. This means that Job's circumstances, which have been allowed by God, are making him feel weak and vulnerable, similar to how the Psalmist felt in Psalms 116:3. Job's frailty is rising up and testifying against him, showing him that he needs God's strength and comfort, as seen in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, where the Apostle Paul writes about his own weakness and how it made him rely on God's strength. This verse reminds us that even in our own struggles and feelings of being 'bound', we can trust God and bring our frustrations to Him in prayer, just like Job does in Job 16:8.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it mean to be 'bound' by God in Job 16:8?
In this context, being bound by God means that Job feels restricted or limited by his circumstances, which have been allowed by God, as seen in Job 16:8, and this feeling of being bound is a witness to his frailty, similar to how the Psalmist felt in Psalms 116:3.
How does Job's frailty 'rise up and testify against' him?
Job's frailty testifies against him in the sense that his physical and emotional weakness serve as evidence of his vulnerability, much like the Apostle Paul's thorn in the flesh in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, which he saw as a weakness that made him rely on God's strength.
Is Job accusing God of being unjust in Job 16:8?
While Job is expressing his deep pain and frustration, he is not directly accusing God of being unjust, but rather, he is acknowledging that God has allowed his suffering, as seen in Job 16:8, and this is consistent with the theme of God's sovereignty in Job 42:2-3, where Job ultimately acknowledges God's right to allow suffering.
How does this verse relate to the broader theme of suffering in the book of Job?
Job 16:8 highlights Job's emotional and physical struggle with his suffering, which is a central theme throughout the book of Job, and it is echoed in other passages, such as Job 6:8-10, where Job expresses his desire to be free from his suffering, and Lamentations 3:1-20, where the Prophet Jeremiah laments the suffering of the people of Judah.
Reflection Questions
- What are some ways in which you feel 'bound' by your current circumstances, and how can you trust God in the midst of those feelings?
- How does your own frailty 'rise up and testify against' you, and what does that reveal about your need for God's strength and comfort?
- In what ways can you identify with Job's feelings of frustration and desperation in this verse, and how can you bring those feelings to God in prayer?
- What does this verse teach you about the relationship between suffering and God's sovereignty, and how can you apply that to your own life?
Gill's Exposition on Job 16:8
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles,.... Not through old age, but through affliction, which had sunk his flesh, and made furrows in him, so that he looked older than he was, and was made old
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 16:8
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.
Matthew Poole's Commentary on Job 16:8
Thou hast filled me with wrinkles, by consuming all my fat and flesh. Which is a witness against me; Heb. which is a witness of the reality, and greatness, and just cause of my sorrows. Or, which is become or made a witness, i.e. is produced by my friends as a witness of God’ s wrath, and of my hypocrisy and impiety. Rising up in me, i.e. which is in me. Or, rising up against me, as witnesses use to rise and stand up against a guilty person to accuse him. Beareth witness to my face; as witnesses are to accuse a person to his face, openly and evidently, so as any that look on my face may plainly discern it. But this clause may be rendered thus, my leanness in my face (i.e. which appears in my face, and causeth the wrinkles which are visible there) riseth up against me, and beareth witness, as before.
Trapp's Commentary on Job 16:8
Job 16:8 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.Ver. 8. Thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me] viz. That I am an afflicted man, but yet not a wicked man, such as Elipbaz had described by his pinguis aqualiculus (Persius), those collops in his flank, Job 15:27. Thou hast made me all wrinkled (so Brougbton rendereth it); or, Thou hast wrinkled me. The Hebrew word is found in Job only; but in the Rabbis more frequently. Grief had made furrows in Job’ s face, and his tears had often filled them. And my leanness rising up in me] sc. By the continuance of my sores and sorrows, which have made my body a very bag of bones, and cause me to cry out, "My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me!" Isaiah 24:16. My flesh, through my grievous anguish, being fallen from my bones, which rise up in a ghastly manner. Beareth witness to my face] sc.
That I am one of God’ s Plagipatidae, poor afflicted: but what of that? Scourgeth he not every son whom he receiveth? Hebrews 12:6. Others render it, In my face; where my leanness sitteth, and is most conspicuous; like as it is said of our Saviour, That with fasting and painstaking he had so wanzed and macerated himself, that, at little past thirty he was looked upon as one toward fifty, John 8:57. And as Mr John Fox, the martyrologue, by his excessive pains in compiling the Acts and Monuments of the Church, in eleven years, grew thereby so lean and withered, that his friends hardly knew him to be the same man (Mr Clark in his Life).
Ellicott's Commentary on Job 16:8
(8) Witness against me.—As in Job 10:17. The wrinkles in his body, caused by the disease, were a witness against him; and certainly, in the eyes of his friends, they furnished unquestionable proof of his guilt.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on Job 16:8
Verse 8. Thou hast filled me with wrinkles] If Job's disease were the elephantiasis, in which the whole skin is wrinkled as the skin of the elephant, from which this species of leprosy has taken its name, these words would apply most forcibly to it; but the whole passage, through its obscurity, has been variously rendered. Calmet unites it with the preceding, and Houbigant is not very different. He translates thus: - "For my trouble hath now weakened all my frame, and brought wrinkles over me: he is present as a witness, and ariseth against me, who telleth lies concerning me; he openly contradicts me to my face." Mr. Good translates nearly in the same way; others still differently.
Cambridge Bible on Job 16:8
8. The verse reads, Thou hast laid hold of me, and it is become a witness against me; And my leanness riseth up against me; it beareth witness to my face. By God’s seizing or laying hold of him Job means his afflictions. These afflictions sent by God were assumed by all to be witnesses of his guilt; his emaciation from disease rose up and testified to his face that he was a sinner. Such was the construction all men put on his calamities, and under this impression they all turned away from him, thinking him one stricken of God and afflicted (Isaiah 53:4). See on ch. Job 1:11, and cf. Isaiah 3:9.
Barnes' Notes on Job 16:8
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles - Noyes renders this, “and thou hast seized hold of me, which is a witness against me.” Wemyss, “since thou hast bound me with chains, witnesses come forward.”
Whedon's Commentary on Job 16:8
8. Filled me with wrinkles — Seized hold of me. The word kamat, in the Arabic, signifies to tie the hands and the feet; also, to bind a captive. (Schultens.) Job is bound with the “fetters” of disease, Job 13:27.
Sermons on Job 16:8
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Confiding Trust and Patient Submission by J.C. Philpot | J.C. Philpot preaches about the journey of a believer through afflictions, temptations, and darkness, highlighting the need for patient submission to God's righteous dealings. The |
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Letters: Mr. William Dickson Edinburgh (5) by Andrew Bonar | Andrew Bonar shares a heartfelt message of comfort and encouragement, reflecting on the afflictions faced by Naomi in Ruth 1:21, emphasizing that God, the 'All-sufficient One,' pro |
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A Divine Cordial by Thomas Watson | Thomas Watson preaches about the transformative power of God's love and mercy in the lives of believers, highlighting how afflictions, when sanctified, draw them closer to God, tea |
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The Lost Sheep Restored by J.C. Philpot | Greek Word Studies delves into the meaning of 'kenos,' which signifies emptiness, futility, and lack of effectiveness, whether in material, intellectual, moral, or spiritual aspect |
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In the Potters Hands - Part 2 by Jenny Daniel | In this sermon, the speaker shares a story about two boys and a tap to illustrate how we often try to take control of our own lives instead of letting God be the potter. The speake |
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Resting in Jesus by David Wilkerson | In this sermon, the preacher begins by referencing Isaiah 24 and the prophecy of a watchman. He acknowledges the warning he has given in his book, "America's Last Call," about the |
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Be Ye Holy by David Wilkerson | In this sermon, the speaker discusses the demand for perfect holiness from God. He explains that there are three ways people respond to this call to be holy. The first response is |