Job 30:16

But now my soul withers within myself, and the days of affliction take hold of me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

15I have been reduced to nothing. You have taken away my desire like a wind, and my health has passed by like a cloud.

17At night, my bone is pierced with sorrows, and those who feed on me, do not sleep.

Read all of Job 30

Cross References

Job 3:24Before I eat, I sigh; and like overflowing waters, so is my howl,

Psalms 42:4And I will enter, up to the altar of God, to God who enlivens my youthfulness. To you, O God, my God, I will confess upon a stringed instrument.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 30:16