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Job 16:8

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8You have seized me; you are my enemy.

I am skin and bones,

and people take that as proof of my guilt.h

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  1. hVerses 7–8 in Hebrew are unclear.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he has shriveled me up,

which is a witness against me,

and my leanness has risen up against me;

it testifies to my face.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;

my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You have shriveled me up—it has become a witness;

my frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

NLTNew Living Translation

As if to prove I have sinned, you’ve reduced me to skin and bones.

My gaunt flesh testifies against me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus you shriveled me up;

it became a witness.

And my leanness has risen up against me;

it testifies to my face.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.