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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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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."