Job 16:15 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.

English ASV

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

English Amplified

I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning] and have defiled my horn (my insignia of strength) in the dust.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning] and have defiled my horn (my insignia of strength) in the dust.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

I have used sackcloth to make my clothes. I am no longer proud of my strength, and I sit in the dust.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"I am very sad, so I wear this sackcloth. I sit here in dust and ashes, feeling defeated.

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and have laid my strength in the dust.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I mourn and wear clothes made of sackcloth, and I sit here in the dust defeated.

English God's Word - GW 1995

"I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have thrown my strength in the dust.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin and thrust my horn into the dust.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

I have fastened sackcloth over my skin, and have laid my brow in the dust.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"I've sewed black cloth over my skin. All I can do is sit here in the dust.

English NIV

"I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.

English NKJ 1982

“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust.

English NLT

Here I sit in sackcloth. I have surrendered, and I sit in the dust.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my strength in the dust.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my strength in the dust.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Here I sit in sackcloth; and have laid all hope in the dust.

English Tyndale 1537

I have sowed a sack cloth upon my skin, and lie with my strength in the dust.

Job 16:15 — Compare Translations