Job 16:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 My face is foul with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My face is foul with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My face is red and swollen with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed], American Standard Version (1901) My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; Common English Bible My face is red from crying, and dark gloom hangs on my eyelids. Catholic Public Domain Version I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have covered my body with ashes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes. |
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
For the morning is to all of them as the shadow of death; For they know the terrors of the shadow of death
The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me I found trouble and sorrow
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old Through my roaring all the day long.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Like as many were astonied at thee, (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men,)
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.
And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide ye here, and watch.