Job 30:19

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

[God] has thrown me into the mud; I have become like dust and ashes.

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

He hath cast{H3384} me into the mire{H2563}, and I am become like{H4911} dust{H6083} and ashes{H665}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Job 42:6

  • Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

Genesis 18:27

  • And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:

Job 9:31

  • Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

Psalms 69:1

  • ¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

Psalms 69:2

  • I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow 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.

Jeremiah 38:6

  • Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that [was] in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon [there was] no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

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Commentary for Job 30:19

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3384
    There are 75 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָרָה
    Transliteration: yârâh
    Pronunciation: yaw-raw'
    Description: or (2 Chronicles 26:15) יָרָא; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach; ([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.
  2. Strong's Number: H2563
    There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֹמֶר
    Transliteration: chômer
    Pronunciation: kho'mer
    Description: from חָמַר; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure; clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
  3. Strong's Number: H4911
    There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָשַׁל
    Transliteration: mâshal
    Pronunciation: maw-shal'
    Description: denominative from מָשָׁל; to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble; be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
  4. Strong's Number: H6083
    There are 103 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָפָר
    Transliteration: ʻâphâr
    Pronunciation: aw-fawr'
    Description: from עָפַר; dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud; ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
  5. Strong's Number: H665
    There are 118 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֵפֶר
    Transliteration: ʼêpher
    Pronunciation: ay'-fer
    Description: from an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes; ashes.