A moment in scripture
Job 16:15
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I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
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The surrounding passage
- Job 16:13
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
- Job 16:14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
- Job 16:16
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
- Job 16:17
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.