Job 30:23
I know you're taking me to my death, to the place where all the living go.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
In Context
22You pick me up and blow me along in the wind; tossing me about in the whirlwind.
24Who would want to kick a man when he is down, when they cry for help in their time of trouble?
Cross References
Genesis 3:19You will have to sweat to grow enough food to eat until you die and return to the ground. For you were made from dust and you will return to dust.”
2 Samuel 14:14Yes, we all have to die. We're like water spilled on the ground that can't be collected again. But that's not what God does. Instead he works out ways for anyone who is banished to come back home to him.
Job 9:22That's why I say, ‘It makes no difference to God. He destroys both the innocent and the wicked.’
Job 14:5You have determined how long we shall live—the number of months, a time limit on our lives.
Ecclesiastes 8:8No one can hold onto the breath of life; no one can prevent the day when they die. There's no way of escaping that battle, and the wicked won't be saved by their wickedness!
Ecclesiastes 12:5Before you develop a fear of heights and worry about going out on the streets; when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper crawls along, and desire fails, for everyone has to go to their eternal home as the mourners go up and down the street.
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 →