Lamentations 4:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now they are blacker than tar, and no one recognizes them; their skin clings to their bones and is drier than firewood.

Cross References

Job 19:20

I am skin and bones— just barely alive.

Job 2:12

When they came near enough to see Job, they could hardly recognize him. And in their great sorrow, they tore their clothes, then sprinkled dust on their heads and cried bitterly.

Job 30:30

My skin is so parched, that it peels right off, and my bones are burning.

Job 33:21

and we become so skinny that our bones stick out.

Psalm 102:11

My life fades like a shadow at the end of day and withers like grass.

Psalm 119:83

My life is wasting away like a dried up wineskin, but I have not forgotten your teachings.

Psalm 32:4

Night and day your hand weighed heavily on me, and my strength was gone as in the summer heat.

Psalm 38:3

My body hurts all over because of your anger. Even my bones are in pain, and my sins

Isaiah 52:14

Many were horrified at what happened to him. But everyone who saw him was even more horrified because he suffered until he no longer looked human.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is scorched from fever and hunger.

Joel 2:6

The very sight of them is frightening.

Nahum 2:10

Nineveh is doomed! Destroyed! Her people tremble with fear; their faces turn pale.

Luke 10:11

“We are shaking the dust from our feet as a warning to you. And you can be sure that God's kingdom will soon be here!”