Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Lamentations 4:8 in English Standard Version "Now their face is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as wood." Job 30:30 My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat. Ps 119:83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes. La 5:10 Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine.