New King James Version
Job 30:27
27My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest; Days of affliction confront me.
Job 30:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
- New International Version (NIV)The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My inward parts are in turmoil and never still; days of affliction come to meet me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My heart is troubled and restless. Days of suffering torment me.
Context of Job 30:27
25Have I not wept for him who was in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor? 26But when I looked for good, evil came to me; And when I waited for light, then came darkness. My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest; Days of affliction confront me. 28I go about mourning, but not in the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help. 29I am a brother of jackals, And a companion of ostriches.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:27 word by word
מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 30:27
- Psalms 22:4Our fathers trusted in You; They trusted, and You delivered them.
- Jeremiah 4:19O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
- Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
- Lamentations 1:20“See, O Lord, that I am in distress; My soul is troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. Outside the sword bereaves, At home it is like death.
- Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled; My bile is poured on the ground Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the children and the infants Faint in the streets of the city.
Commentaries on Job 30:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27My bowels boiled - This alludes to the strong commotion in the bowels which every humane person feels at the sight of one in misery.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27My bowels boiled - Or rather, My bowels boil - for he refers to his present circumstances, and not to the past. It is clear that by this phrase he designs to describe deep affliction. The bowels, in the Scriptures, are represented as the seat of the affections. By this is meant the upper bowels, or the region of the heart and the lungs. The reason is, that deep emotions of the mind are felt there. The heart beats quick; or it is heavy and pained; or it…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. 2727. bowels--regarded as the seat of deep feeling (Is 16:11). boiled--violently heated and agitated. prevented--Old English for "unexpectedly came upon" me, "surprised" me.Read the comment
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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
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