Job 30:16
But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
In Context
15Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.
17The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.
Cross References
Job 3:24In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.
Psalms 22:15\22:14\I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
Psalms 42:4\42:3\My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God?
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 →