The Meaning of Job 16:8 Explained

Job 16:8

KJV: 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.

YLT: And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.

Darby: Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.

ASV: 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.

Discover Job 16:8

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 16:8?

MEANING: What does Job 16:8 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 16:8 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 16:8?

What is the context of Job 16:8?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Job 16:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 16:1-22 - Turning From "miserable Comforters" Unto God

With bitterness the sufferer turns from his comforters to God. As the r.v. makes clear, he says that if he were in their place and they in his, instead of joining words together and evincing the pride of the immaculate, he would set himself to speak strengthening words and to assuage their grief by tender sympathy.

He compares his pains to the attack of a wild beast, Job 16:7-14; and from this he proceeds to describe the anguish of his grief, Job 16:15-20. But toward the end of the chapter a new thought begins to shape itself; and from his lowest despair he catches sight of a Vindicator and a vindication that must someday be his. Job 16:21 should be read as in the r.v., margin. Job wanted a son of man to plead for him; and his prayer has been more than answered in the Son of man, who pleads for us "not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an indissoluble life," Hebrews 7:16. "O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul," Lamentations 3:58. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 16

¹ Job reproves his friends for unmercifulness
¹⁷ He maintains his innocence

What do the individual words in Job 16:8 mean?

And You have shriveled me up a witness [against me] it is and rises up against me My leanness to my face [And] bears witness

וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵ֣ד הָיָ֑ה וַיָּ֥קָם בִּ֥י כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י בְּפָנַ֥י יַעֲנֶֽה

וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי	And You have shriveled me up
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, second person masculine singular, first person common singular Root: קָמַט Sense: to seize.
לְעֵ֣ד	a witness [against me]
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular Root: עֵד Sense: witness.
הָיָ֑ה	it is
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
וַיָּ֥קָם	and rises up
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
בִּ֥י	against me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י	My leanness
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: כַּחַשׁ Sense: lying, deception.
בְּפָנַ֥י	to my face
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
יַעֲנֶֽה	[And] bears witness
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: לְעַנּׄות Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.

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