Job 16:16 · KJV
“My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids {is} the shadow of death;”
— Job 16:16
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Not for {any} injustice in mine hands: also my prayer {is} pure.
Job 16 — Context
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids {is} the shadow of death;
17Not for {any} injustice in mine hands: also my prayer {is} pure.
18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Cross References
Psalms 102:3-5
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. {like...: or, (as some read) into smoke}
Mark 14:34
And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
Lamentations 1:16
For these {things} I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. {relieve: Heb. bring back}
Psalms 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Isaiah 52:14
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
Psalms 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Psalms 69:3
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms 6:6-7
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. {all...: or, every night}