Job 30:16
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Updated King James Version
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
15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud.
17My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
Cross References
Job 3:24For my sighing comes before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and you have brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms 42:4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
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 →