Job 16:16

Job 16:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
• New International Version (NIV)My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes;
• English Standard Version (ESV)My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is deep darkness,
• New King James Version (NKJV)My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Context of Job 16:16

14He attacks me, making wound after wound; He runs at me like a warrior. 15I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning] And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust. My face is red and swollen with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed], 17Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands, And my prayer is pure. 18“O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard].

Job 16:16 word by word

פָּנַ֣י חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ מִנִּי־בֶ֑כִי וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י צַלְמָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• is foulחָמַרchâmar · be redH2560
• with weepingבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
• and on my eyelidsעַפְעַף‛aph‛aph · eyelidH6079
• the shadow of deathצַלְמָ֫וֶתtsalmâveth · shadowH6757

Cross-references for Job 16:16

• Psalms 6:6I am weary with my groaning; Every night I soak my bed with tears, I drench my couch with my weeping.
• Psalms 31:9Be gracious and compassionate to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
• Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.
• Psalms 102:3For my days have vanished in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
• Isaiah 52:14Just as many were astonished and appalled at you, My people, So His appearance was marred more than any man And His form [marred] more than the sons of men.
• Lamentations 1:16I weep for these things; My eyes overflow with tears, Because a comforter, One who could restore my soul, is far away from me. My children are desolate and perishing, For the enemy has prevailed.”
• Job 17:7My eye has grown dim (unexpressive) because of grief, And all my [body’s] members are [wasted away] like a shadow.
• Psalms 116:3The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me, And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.
• Jonah 2:1Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish,
• Mark 14:34And He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved and overwhelmed with sorrow, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”

Commentaries on Job 16:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16On my eyelids is the shadow of death - Death is now fast approaching me; already his shadow is projected over me.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16My face is foul with weeping - Wemyss, “swelled.” Noyes, “red.” Good, “tarnished.” Luther, “ist geschwollen” - is swelled. So Jerome. The Septuagint, strangely enough, ̔ ́ ́, . . . hē gastēr mou sunkekautai etc. “my belly is burned with weeping.” The Hebrew word (חמר châmar ) means to boil up, to ferment, to foam. Hence, it means to be red, and the word is often used in this sense in Arabic - from the idea of becoming heated or inflamed. Here it…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Here is a doleful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God, that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, when in great troubles, have much ado not to entertain hard thoughts of God. Eliphaz had represented Job as unhumbled under his affliction: No, says Job, I know better things; the dust is now the fittest place for me. In this he reminds us of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and pronounced those…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. foul--rather, "is red," that is, flushed and heated [Umbreit and Noyes]. shadow of death--that is, darkening through many tears (La 5:17). Job here refers to Zophar's implied charge (Job 11:14). Nearly the same words occur as to Jesus Christ (Is 53:9). So Job 16:10 above answers to the description of Jesus Christ (Psa 22:13; Is 50:6, and Job 16:4 to Psa 22:7). He alone realized what Job aspired after, namely, outward righteousness of acts and inward…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 16:16

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Injustice

In the dictionaries

• Shadow of Death
• Comforter
• Foul
• Plead
• Scorn
• Bildad
• Death
• Horn

Commentaries on Job 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary