Job 16:15

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.

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שַׂק sak sackcloth H8242 תָּפַרְתִּי ta·far·ti I have sewed H8609 עֲלֵי 'a·lei over H5921 גִלְדִּי gil·di skin my H1539 וְעֹלַלְתִּי ve·'o·lal·ti and I have inserted H5953 בֶעָפָר ve·'a·far in the dust H6083 קַרְנִי kar·ni horn my H7161

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–16

Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.