Job 30:16

Job 30:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
• New International Version (NIV)“And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And now my soul is poured out because of my plight; The days of affliction take hold of me.

Context of Job 30:16

14They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward. 15Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud. And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17The night pierceth through my bones [and detacheth them] from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest: 18By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat.

Job 30:16 word by word

וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• pouredשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• takenאָחַז'âchaz · to graspH270

Cross-references for Job 30:16

• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
• Psalms 42:4These things I remember and have poured out my soul within me: how I passed along with the multitude, how I went on with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a festive multitude.
• Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I assign him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong: because he hath poured out his soul unto death, and was reckoned with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
• Psalms 40:12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me.

Commentaries on Job 30:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16And now my soul is poured out upon me - So in Psalm 42:4, “I pour out my soul in me.” We say that one is dissolved in grief. The language is derived from the fact that the soul in grief seems to lose all firmness or consistence. The Arabs style a fearful person, one who has a watery heart, or whose heart melts away like water. Noyes.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-31Verses 15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But woe be to those who really have God for an enemy! Compared with the awful state of ungodly men, what are all outward, or even inward temporal afflictions? There is something with which Job comforts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2316-23. Job's outward calamities affect his mind. poured out--in irrepressible complaints (Psa 42:4; Jos 7:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 30:16

• Afflictions and Adversities

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Commentaries on Job 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary