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Job 16:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 16:8

Verse 8 of 22

Scripture focus

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

Commentary on Job 16:8

Theological / Devotional

Filled me with wrinkles. Literally, “thou didst seize me.” The verb translated by this phrase occurs only here and in ch. 22:16. Some think the Hebrew here refers to the contraction of the face in wrinkles. However, others think it may mean “drawn up,” or “compressed,” that is, by afflictions. Job seems to picture God as compressing him with trouble until his body shrivels and crumples up into wrinkles. This condition is interpreted by his friends as a witness against him, according to their theory of suffering.

Leanness. Job’s emaciation is likewise interpreted as proof of his extreme sinfulness (see Ps. 109:24).

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