Job 30:16

Job’s Prosperity Becomes Calamity · Job 30:15–31
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Translations

Modern
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
Traditional
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Literal
And now within me my soul is poured out; days of affliction seize me.
Latin
Nunc autem in memetipso marcescit anima mea, et possident me dies afflictionis.

Original

Hebrew
English
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

Notes

Job 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).

Events

Glossary

Book of Job God, Names of

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To