Job 30:19

Translations

Modern

He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Comparatus sum luto, et assimilatus sum favillæ et cineri.

Original

Hebrew

English

He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Notes

Job 30:19

dust and ashes: Earlier, Job sat among the ashes in pain (2:8). Later, he would sit in dust and ashes to "repent" (42:6).

Job 29:1–31:40

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).

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Job 9:31
…then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
Job 42:6
Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
Psalm 69:14
Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
Genesis 18:27
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
Psalm 69:1–2
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
Job 2:8
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

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