Job 30:16
And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
17In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.
Cross References
Job 3:24Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:
Psalms 22:15I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 42:4My tears have been any bread day and night, whilst it is said to me daily : Where is thy 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 →