Job 30:19
He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
In Context
18By the great force my garment is disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
20I cry to thee, and thou do not answer me. I stand up, and thou gaze at me.
Cross References
Job 2:8And he took a potsherd for him to scrape himself with it, and he sat among the ashes.
Job 42:6Therefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
Psalms 69:14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Matthew Henry on Job 30:16-31
Job Complains of His Affliction. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto thee,… Read the whole commentary →