Job 16:15
Modern Translations
New International Version
"I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.

New Living Translation
I wear burlap to show my grief. My pride lies in the dust.

English Standard Version
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and have laid my strength in the dust.

Berean Study Bible
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.

New American Standard Bible
“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin, And thrust my horn in the dust.

NASB 1995
"I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust.

NASB 1977
“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin, And thrust my horn in the dust.

Amplified Bible
“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning] And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust.

Christian Standard Bible
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my strength in the dust.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my strength in the dust.

Contemporary English Version
and so, in my sorrow I dress in sackcloth and sit in the dust.

Good News Translation
I mourn and wear clothes made of sackcloth, and I sit here in the dust defeated.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have thrown my strength in the dust.

International Standard Version
"I've even sewn sackcloth directly to my skin; I've buried my strength in the dust.

NET Bible
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;
Classic Translations
King James Bible
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

New King James Version
“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust.

King James 2000 Bible
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and laid my strength in the dust.

New Heart English Bible
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

World English Bible
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

American King James Version
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

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

A Faithful Version
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin and laid my horn in the dust.

Darby Bible Translation
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.

English Revised Version
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
I haue sowed a sackcloth vpon my skinne, and haue abased mine horne vnto the dust.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
I haue sowed a sackecloth vpon my skinne, and wallowed my head in the dust.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
I haue sowed a sack cloth vpon my skynne, and lye with my strength in the dust.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, "" And have rolled my horn in the dust.

Young's Literal Translation
Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.

Smith's Literal Translation
I sewed together sackcloth upon my skin, and I thrust my horn into the dust.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have covered my body with ashes.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Sackcloth I put on my skin and I sprinkled my head with dust

Lamsa Bible
I have girded sackcloth upon my skin, and I have covered my head with dust.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.
















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