Job 16:15
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 16
“I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.”Job 16:15
What Does Job 16:15 Mean?
Job 16:15 is found in the book of Job, chapter 16, verse 15 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 11 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (11)
These passages are connected to Job 16:15 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 37:34“And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.”Revelation 11:3“And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.”1 Kings 21:27“And 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.”Psalms 7:5“Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.”Psalms 75:5“Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.”Isaiah 3:24“And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.”Isaiah 22:12“And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:”1 Samuel 2:10“The 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.”Job 30:19“He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.”Psalms 75:10“All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.”Lamentations 2:3“He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.”
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