Job 30:16

Now, therefore, over myself, my soul poureth itself out, There seize me days of affliction:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

In Context

15There are turned upon me terrors,—Chased away as with a wind, is mine abundance, and, as a cloud, hath passed away my prosperity.

17Night, boreth, my bones, all over me,—and, my sinews, find no rest;

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Cross References

Job 3:24For, in the face of my food, my sighing, cometh in, and, poured out like the water, are my groans:

Psalms 22:15Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me.

Psalms 42:4These things, I keep calling to mind, and pouring out, over me, my own soul, For I used to cross over with a crowd, Lead them in procession up to the house of God, With the voice of shouting and praise.—a throng keeping festival.

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 →

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