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14 
“He attacks me, making wound after wound;
He runs at me like a warrior.
15 
“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning]
And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust.
16 
“My face is red and swollen with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],

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14 He breaks me with wound upon wound;
He runs at me like a [a]warrior.

15 “I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,
And (A)laid my [b]head in the dust.
16 My face is [c]flushed from weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:14 Vg. giant
  2. Job 16:15 Lit. horn
  3. Job 16:16 Lit. red

14 Again and again(A) he bursts upon me;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.(B)

15 “I have sewed sackcloth(C) over my skin
    and buried my brow in the dust.(D)
16 My face is red with weeping,(E)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;(F)

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