Job 30:27
My bowels boil, and have no rest; Days of anguish have come upon me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
In Context
26But when I looked for good, then evil came; When I looked for light, then came darkness.
28I am black, but not by the sun; I stand up, and utter my cries in the congregation.
Cross References
Psalms 22:4Our fathers trusted in thee; They trusted, and thou didst save them.
Jeremiah 4:19O my breast, my breast! I am pained in the walls of my heart; My heart trembleth within me; I cannot be silent; For thou hearest, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war!
Lamentations 1:20“Behold, O Jehovah, how I am distressed! my bowels boil, My heart turneth itself within me; for I have grievously rebelled. Abroad the sword bereaveth; at home, Death.
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 →