Job 30:16
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Job 30:16 in other translations
| BSB | And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me. |
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| WEB | “Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me. |
| ASV | And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me. |
| YLT | And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction. |
| DARBY | And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me. |
| BBE | But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me: |
| Webster | And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. |
What does Job 30:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 30:16-23
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 30:15-31
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…
Job 30:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 30:16
- Psalms 42:4
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
- Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
- Isaiah 53:12
Therefore will I divide 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 he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
- Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
- Psalms 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
- 1 Samuel 1:15
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
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Context
- Job 30:15
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
- Job 30:16
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
- Job 30:17
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
Job 30:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y ahora mi alma está derramada en mí; días de aflicción me han aprehendido. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et maintenant, mon âme se répand en moi: les jours d’affliction m’ont saisi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und nun ergießt sich in mir meine Seele; Tage des Elends haben mich ergriffen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nunc autem in memetipso marcescit anima mea, et possident me dies afflictionis. |