Job 16:15
What does Job 16:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 16:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He hath torn me with wound upon wound, he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 22:12
And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- Psalms 75:10
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
- 1 Samuel 2:10
They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.
- Psalms 75:5
Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.
- Psalms 7:5
Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. [Selah
- 1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
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