Job 16:8
8 You have seized me, ▼▼ The verb is קָמַט (
qamat) which is used only here and in
22:16; it means “to seize; to grasp.” By God’s seizing him, Job means his afflictions.
and it ▼▼ The subject is “my calamity.”
has become a witness;
my leanness ▼▼ The verb is used in
Ps 109:24 to mean “to be lean”; and so “leanness” is accepted here for the noun by most. Otherwise the word is “lie, deceit.” Accordingly, some take it here as “my slanderer” or “my liar” (gives evidence against me).
has risen up against me
and testifies against me.