Job 30:16

And now, in me my soul pours itself out, || Days of affliction seize me.

Literal Standard 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

15He has turned terrors against me, || It pursues my abundance as the wind, || And as a thick cloud, || My safety has passed away.

17[At] night my bone has been pierced in me, || And my gnawing [pain] does not lie down.

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Cross References

Job 3:24For before my food, my sighing comes, || And my roarings [are] poured out as waters.

Psalms 22:15My power is dried up as an earthen vessel, || And My tongue is cleaving to My jaws.

Psalms 42:4These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, || For I pass over into the shelter, || I go softly with them to the house of God, || With the voice of singing and confession, || The multitude keeping celebration!

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 →

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