Job 30:19
He hath cast me into the myre, and I am become like ashes and dust.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
In Context
18For the great vehemencie is my garment changed, which compasseth me about as the colar of my coate.
20Whe I cry vnto thee, thou doest not heare me, neither regardest me, when I stand vp.
Cross References
Job 2:8And he tooke a potsharde to scrape him, and he sate downe among the ashes.
Job 42:6Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
Psalms 69:14Deliuer mee out of the myre, that I sinke not: let me be deliuered from them that hate me, and out of the deepe 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 →