Job 30:16

And now my soul poureth itself out upon me; Days of affliction have taken hold of me.

Noyes 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 against me; They pursue my prosperity like the wind, And my welfare passeth away like a cloud.

17By night my bones are pierced; they are torn from me, And my gnawers take no rest.

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Cross References

Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groans are poured out like water.

Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like an earthen vessel, And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; Thou hast brought me to the dust of death!

Psalms 42:4When I think of it, I pour out my soul in grief; How I once walked with the multitude, Walked slowly with them to the house of God, Amid sounds of joy and praise with the festive multitude!

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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