Job 30:19
He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
In Context
18My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.
20I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
Cross References
Job 2:8He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
Job 42:6Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
Psalms 69:14Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
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 →