Job 16:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴He repeatedly bludgeons his way through my defenses
and rushes upon me like a warrior.

¹⁵“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin
and laid my forehead in the dust.
¹⁶My face is red from incessant weeping,
and dark shadows ring my eyelids,

Job 16:15 Job, prostrate in suffering, rediscovers a little hope: his God can still hear him and become his defender.

Job 16:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴Again 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)
¹⁶My face is red with weeping,^(E)
dark shadows ring my eyes;^(F)

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