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Job 16:15

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

KJV

Concidit me vulnere super vulnus : irruit in me quasi gigas.

Vulgate

κατέβαλόν με πτῶμα ἐπὶ πτώματι, ἔδραμον πρὸς μὲ δυνάμενοι·

LXX

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

ASV

שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑/י וְ/עֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶ/עָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הִתְעַלְּלוּ
ht'llv
verb · 20×
ו
v
noun · 74×
י
y
pronoun · 1×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
שַׂקִּ֔ים
shqym
noun · 48×
תְפּ֔וֹר
tpvr
verb · 4×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 21:27 — And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
  • 1Kgs 21:27 — And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
  • Gen 37:34 — And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
  • Isa 3:24 — And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; a
  • Isa 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
  • Ps 7:5 — Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
  • Ps 75:5 — Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
  • Rev 11:3 — And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.