Job 30:19
He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
In Context
18Most effectually, is my skin disfigured,—Like the collar of my tunic, it girdeth me about:
20I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;
Cross References
Job 2:8And he took him a potsherd, to scrape himself therewith; he being seated in the midst of ashes.
Job 42:6For this cause, I tremble and repent, on dust and ashes.
Psalms 69:14Rescue me out of the mire, lest I sink, Let me be rescued, From my haters, and, From abysses of 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 →