Tree of Life Version
Job 30:16
16“And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering have taken hold of me.
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
14As through a wide breach they come; amid the ruins they come rolling in. 15Terrors are turned on me; they chase away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance vanishes. “And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering have taken hold of me. 17Night pierces my bones within me; my gnawing pains never rest. 18By great power He seizes my garment; He binds me like the collar of my tunic.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:16 word by word
וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 30:16
- Psalms 22:14They open wide their mouths against me, like a tearing, roaring lion.
- Psalms 42:4My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day: “Where is your God?”
- Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will give Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoil with the mighty— because He poured out His soul to death, and was counted with transgressors. For He bore the sin of many, and interceded for the transgressors.
- Psalms 40:12Adonai, do not withhold Your compassions from me. Let Your mercy and Your truth always protect 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
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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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