Job 30:19
What does Job 30:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 30:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
- Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:
- Psalms 69:1
Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.
- Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
- Job 9:31
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
- Psalms 69:14
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
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