NET Bible
"You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me."
— Job 16:8, NET 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.”
“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. ”
“You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.”
“But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing.”
“It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.”
“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.”
But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Abandonment by God and Man“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking– how much of it goes away?
Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.
You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.
His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.
People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.