God’s Word Translation
Job 16:16
16My face is red from crying, and dark shadows encircle my eyes,
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 inflicts wound after wound on me. He lunges at me like a warrior. 15“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have thrown my strength in the dust. My face is red from crying, and dark shadows encircle my eyes, 17although my hands have done nothing violent, and my prayer is sincere. 18“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Don’t ever let my cry ⌞for justice⌟ be stopped.
Read all of Job 16Job 16:16 word by word
פָּנַ֣י חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ מִנִּי־בֶ֑כִי וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י צַלְמָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 16:16
- Psalms 6:6I am worn out from my groaning. My eyes flood my bed every night. I soak my couch with tears.
- Psalms 31:9Have pity on me, O Lord, because I am in distress. My eyes, my soul, and my body waste away from grief.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent ⌞about my sins⌟, my bones began to weaken because of my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 69:3I am exhausted from crying for help. My throat is hoarse. My eyes are strained ⌞from⌟ looking for my God.
- Psalms 102:3My days disappear like smoke. My bones burn like hot coals.
- Isaiah 52:14Many will be shocked by him. His appearance will be so disfigured that he won’t look like any other man. His looks will be so disfigured that he will hardly look like a human.
- Lamentations 1:16I’m crying because of ⌞all⌟ these things. My eyes—my eyes flow with tears. No one can give me the comfort I need to keep me alive. Everyone is too far away from me. My children are devastated because my enemies have won.”
- Job 17:7Now my eyes are blurred from grief. Now all my limbs are like a shadow.
- Psalms 116:3The ropes of death became tangled around me. The horrors of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.
- Jonah 2:1From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.
- Mark 14:34He said to them, “My anguish is so great that I feel as if I’m dying. Wait here, and stay awake.”
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
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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
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