Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 16:8

8. And thou hast filled me with wrinkles , which is a witness against me : and my leanness rising up in me , beareth witness to my face .

By consuming all my fat and flesh.

Heb. Which is a witness of the reality, and greatness, and just cause of my sorrows. Or, which is become or made a witness; i. e is produced by my Friends as a Witness of Go[illegible: 1+ letters] Wrath and of my Hypocrisie and Impiety,

i. e. Which is in me. Or, rising up a[illegible: 1+ letters]ainst me, as Witnesses use to rise and stand up against a guilty person to accuse him.

As Witnesses are to accuse a person to his [illegible: 1+ letters]ace, openly and evidently, so as any that look on my Face may plainly discern it. But this Clause may be rendred thus, My [illegible: 1 word] in my face; (i. e. which appears in my Face, and causeth the wrinkles which are visible there) riseth up against me, and beareth witness, as before.