Job 30:19
He has thrown me in the mud; he has humbled me like dust and ashes.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
In Context
18God grabs me roughly by my clothes; he pulls me by the collar of my shirt.
20God, I cry to you but you don't answer; I stand before you, but you don't even notice me.
Cross References
Job 2:8Job picked up a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself as he sat in ashes.
Job 42:6That is why I'm sorry for what I said, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
Psalms 69:14Please rescue me from the mud—don't let me sink! Save me from those who hate me and from drowning in 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 →