Job 30:19
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
In Context
20I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
Cross References
Job 2:8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, seeing I am dust and ashes.
Psalms 69:14(69-15) Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of 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 →