Job 16:15

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He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.	I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.	My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I have sewed^H8609 sackcloth^H8242 upon my skin^H1539, and defiled^H5953 my horn^H7161 in the dust^H6083.

Original Hebrew

שַׂק תָּפַרְתִּי עֲלֵי גִלְדִּי וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
שַׂ֣ק	sak	H8242	HNcmsa	sackcloth
תָּ֭פַרְתִּי	Ta.far.ti	H8609	HVqp1cs	I have sewed
עֲלֵ֣י	'a.Lei	H5921	HR	over
גִלְדִּ֑/י	gil.D/i	H1539	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	skin/ my
וְ/עֹלַ֖לְתִּי	ve./'o.Lal.ti	H5953	HC/Vmp1cs	and/ I have inserted
בֶ/עָפָ֣ר	ve./'a.Far	H6083	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ dust
קַרְנִֽ/י	kar.N/i	H7161	HNcbsc/Sp1cs	horn/ my

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1539 — גֶּלֶד (geled, ghe'-led): from an unused root probably meaning to polish; the (human) skin (as smooth); skin.
H5953 — עָלַל (ʻâlal, aw-lal'): a primitive root; 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); abuse, affect, [idiom] child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work (wonderfully).
H6083 — עָפָר (ʻâphâr, aw-fawr'): from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
H7161 — קֶרֶן (qeren, keh'-ren): from קָרַן; a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power; [idiom] hill, horn.
H8242 — שַׂק (saq, sak): from שָׁקַק; 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.); sack(-cloth, -clothes).
H8609 — תָּפַר (tâphar, taw-far'): a primitive root; to sew; (women that) sew (together).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

defiled my horn — 1 Samuel 2:10, Job 30:19, Psalms 7:5, Psalms 75:5, Psalms 75:10
sewed — 1 Kings 21:27, Isaiah 22:12

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