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Job 16

Job 16:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have sewed
taphar (Hebrew #8609)
to sew
KJV usage: (women that) sew (together).
Pronounce: taw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
sackcloth
saq (Hebrew #8242)
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)
KJV usage: sack(-cloth, -clothes).
Pronounce: sak
Origin: from 8264
upon my skin
geled (Hebrew #1539)
the (human) skin (as smooth)
KJV usage: skin.
Pronounce: ghe'-led
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to polish
, and defiled
`alal (Hebrew #5953)
to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)
KJV usage: abuse, affect, X child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work (wonderfully).
Pronounce: aw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
my horn
qeren (Hebrew #7161)
a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resembl. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power
KJV usage: X hill, horn.
Pronounce: keh'-ren
Origin: from 7160
in thec dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
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Job 30:19• 19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. (Job 30:19)

More on:

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Dust,
Horns,
sackcloth

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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sewed.
1 Kings 21:27• 27And 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. (1 Kings 21:27)
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Isa. 22:12• 12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: (Isa. 22:12)
defiled my horn.
Job 30:19• 19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. (Job 30:19)
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1 Sam. 2:10• 10The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. (1 Sam. 2:10)
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Psa. 7:5• 5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honor in the dust. Selah. (Psa. 7:5)
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Psa. 75:5,10• 5Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
 10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. (Psa. 75:5,10)
• He appeals to God in it all (vers. 25-22). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "defiled."