Job 30:19

Job 30:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
• New International Version (NIV)He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.

Context of Job 30:19

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. He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. 20I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me. 21Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.

Job 30:19 word by word

הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃Read the interlinear

• dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• ashesאֵ֫פֶר'êpher · ashesH665

Cross-references for Job 30:19

• Job 9:31Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
• Psalms 69:1Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
• Jeremiah 38:6Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
• Job 2:8And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.
• Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
• Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.

Commentaries on Job 30:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19He hath cast me into the mire - That is, God has done it. In this book the name of God is often understood where the speaker seems to avoid it, in order that it may not be needlessly repeated. On the meaning of the expression here, see the notes at Job 9:31. And I am become like dust and ashes - Either in appearance, or I am regarded as being as worthless as the mire of the streets. Rosenmuller supposes it means, “I am more like a mass of inanimate matter…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. 19dust and ashes: Earlier, Job sat among the ashes in pain (2:8). Later, he would sit in dust and ashes to "repent" (42:6).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 30:19

• 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