Job 30:28
I am black, but not by the sun; I stand up, and utter my cries in the congregation.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
In Context
27My bowels boil, and have no rest; Days of anguish have come upon me.
29I am become a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
Cross References
Job 19:7Behold, I complain of wrong, but receive no answer; I cry aloud, but obtain no justice.
Psalms 42:9Now I say to God, my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning on account of the oppression of the enemy?
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows, and acquainted with disease; As one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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 →