Job 30:28
I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
In Context
27My heart is troubled, and does not rest. Days of affliction have come upon me.
29I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
Cross References
Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Psalms 42:9I will say to God my rock, Why have thou forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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 →