Job 30:28
I have gone about like one who was living in the dark, 1 but not because of the sun; 1 I stand up in the assembly and cry for help. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
In Context
27My heart is troubled and does not rest; 1 days of affliction have come on me. 1
29I am a brother to jackals, 1 a companion of ostriches. 1
Cross References
Job 19:7See, I cry out, “Violence!” but I get no answer. 1 I call out for help, but there is no justice. 1
Psalms 42:9I will say to God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? 1 Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” 1
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by people; a man of sorrows, and one familiar with pain. 1 Like one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised; and we considered him insignificant. 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 →