Job 16:8
Strong's Lexicon
You have shriveled me up
וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי (wat·tiq·mə·ṭê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7059: 1) to seize 1a) (Qal) to seize 1b) (Pual) to be snatched away prematurely

[as]
הָיָ֑ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

a witness [against me];
לְעֵ֣ד (lə·‘êḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5707: 1) witness 1a) witness, testimony, evidence (of things) 1b) witness (of people)

my frailty
כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י (ḵa·ḥă·šî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3585: 1) lying, deception 2) leanness, failure

rises up
וַיָּ֥קָם (way·yā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arise 1a2) to arise (hostile sense) 1a3) to arise, become powerful 1a4) to arise, come on the scene 1a5) to stand 1a5a) to maintain oneself 1a5b) to be established, be confirmed 1a5c) to stand, endure 1a5d) to be fixed 1a5e) to be valid 1a5f) to be proven 1a5g) to be fulfilled 1a5h) to persist 1a5i) to be set, be fixed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fulfil 1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose 1c) (Polel) to raise up 1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause to arise, raise 1e2) to raise, set up, erect, build 1e3) to raise up, bring on the scene 1e4) to raise up, rouse, stir up, investigate 1e5) to raise up, constitute 1e6) to cause to stand, set, station, establish 1e7) to make binding 1e8) to carry out, give effect to 1f) (Hophal) to be raised up

and testifies
יַעֲנֶֽה׃ (ya·‘ă·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: 1) to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to answer, respond to 1a2) to testify, respond as a witness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to make answer 1b2) to be answered, receive answer 2) (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully 3) (Qal) to dwell

against me.
בְּפָנַ֥י (bə·p̄ā·nay)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

Young's Literal Translation
And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have shriveled me  up — it has become a witness; My frailty rises up against  me and testifies to  my  face.

New American Standard Bible
"You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face.

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
You have shriveled me up--and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

New Living Translation
As if to prove I have sinned, you've reduced me to skin and bones. My gaunt flesh testifies against me.

English 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.

New American Standard Bible
"You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have shriveled me up--it has become a witness; My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

International Standard Version
You've arrested me, making me testify against myself! My leanness rises up to attack me, accusing me to my face.

NET Bible
You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

American Standard Version
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.
















Cross References
Job 10:17
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

Job 17:7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

Job 19:20
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Job 33:21
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

Psalm 109:24
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 16:7
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

Job 16:6
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

Job 16:5
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

Job 16:9
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Job 16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
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