Job 30:16

And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction.

Young's Literal Translation

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

15He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away.

17At night my bone hath been pierced in me, And mine eyelids do not lie down.

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Cross References

Job 3:24For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings.

Psalms 22:15Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.

Psalms 42:4These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!

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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