Job 30:16

And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

Majority Standard Bible

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

15Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

17Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

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Cross References

Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

Psalms 42:4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.

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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