Job 30:19

And thou hast counted me as clay; 1 My portion is in dust and ashes. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

In Context

18With great force my disease has taken hold of my garment: 1 It has compassed me as the collar of my coat. 1

20And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: 1 But they stood still, and observed me. 1

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Cross References

Job 2:8And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, 1 And sat upon a dungheap outside the city. 1

Job 42:6Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: 1 And I esteem myself dust and ashes. 1

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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