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 · 2000

He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Context

v.18By God’sgreat force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

v.19This passage

v.20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.

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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