Job 30:16 “And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.”

Job 30:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

World English Bible

“Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me.

American Standard Version

And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore my soule is nowe powred out vpon me, and the dayes of affliction haue taken holde on me.

Darby Translation

And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Young's Literal Translation

And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction.

Bible in Basic English

But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

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Cross references

“my soul”

Psalm 42:4 Psalm 22:14 Isaiah 53:12

Psalm 42:4 · BSB

These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Isaiah 53:12 · BSB

Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many a…

“have taken hold”

Psalm 40:12

Psalm 40:12 · BSB

For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

Also

Job 3:24 1 Samuel 1:15

Job 3:24 · BSB

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

1 Samuel 1:15 · BSB

“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

17Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

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