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“Surely now he has worn me out;
you[a] have devastated all my company.
Thus[b] you shriveled me up;[c]
it became a witness.
And my leanness has risen up against me;
it testifies to my face.
His wrath has torn, and he has been hostile toward me;
he gnashed at me with his teeth.
My foe sharpens his eyes against me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:7 Singular
  2. Job 16:8 Hebrew “And”
  3. Job 16:8 Or “you have seized me”

Surely, God, you have worn me out;(A)
    you have devastated my entire household.(B)
You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness(C) rises up and testifies against me.(D)
God assails me and tears(E) me in his anger(F)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;(G)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(H)

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