Job 16:8 — Compare All Translations

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

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

English ASV

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 Amplified

You have laid firm hold on me and have shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness [and wretched state of body] are further evidence [against me]; [they] testify to my face.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You have laid firm hold on me and have shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness [and wretched state of body] are further evidence [against me]; [they] testify to my face.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.

English EASY 2024

You have taken hold of me. Because of my troubles, people think that I am guilty. Because my body is so thin, people think that I have done bad things.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You have made me thin and weak, and people think that means I am guilty.

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.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

You have seized me; you are my enemy. I am skin and bones, and people take that as proof of my guilt.

English God's Word - GW 1995

You have shriveled me up, which itself is a witness {against me}. My frail body rises up and testifies against me.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me, It answers to my face.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You have filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me; and my leanness has risen up and bears witness to my face.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

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

As a witness there rises up my traducer, speaking openly against me;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

People can see the condition he has put me in. My thin body stands as a witness against me.

English NIV

You have bound me-and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

English NKJ 1982

You have shriveled me up, And it is a witness against me; My leanness rises up against me And bears witness to my face.

English NLT

You have reduced me to skin and bones--as proof, they say, of my sins.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

And he has shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; my leanness has risen up against me, and it testifies to my face.

English RSV (Revised 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.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

O God, you have turned me to skin and bones—as a proof, they say, of my sins.

English Tyndale 1537

(whereof my wrinkles bear witness) there standeth up a dissembler to make me answer with lies to my face.

Job 16:8 — Compare Translations