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

14I cannot stop them when they attack me. They rush forward to knock me down. 15So I am always afraid. My honour has disappeared as if a strong wind has blown it away. My riches have also gone, like a cloud that passes across the sky. Now I know that my life will soon end. Every day I continue to suffer. 17At night, my bones are painful. The pain is always there in my body. 18God has used his power to take hold of me. He has held my shirt around my neck.

Job 30:16 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And now my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• is poured outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• upon me; the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of afflictionעֳנִי‛ŏnîy · afflictionH6040
• have taken holdאָחַז'âchaz · to graspH270

Cross-references for Job 30:16

• Psalms 22:14My strength has gone, like water that is poured away. My bones do not join together properly. I feel weak inside and hope has disappeared.
• Psalms 42:4When I remember how my life was before, I am very upset and I weep. Once I walked with a big crowd of people to worship God in his temple. I led the people there as we sang happy songs, and we praised God with loud voices.
• Isaiah 53:12So I will put him in a place of honour, as a great person deserves. He will share the good things that powerful men receive when they have won a battle. He deserves this, because he agreed to die as a sacrifice. People thought that he himself was a sinner when he took away the sins of many people. He prayed that God would forgive sinners.’
• Psalms 40:12There are many dangerous troubles all around me. They are too many to count! My sins are too strong for me. They are more than all the hairs on my head! So I am weak and I cannot see clearly.

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