Job 30:16 · KJV
“And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.”
— Job 30:16
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. {my soul: Heb. my principal one}
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
Job 30 — Context
They came {upon me} as a wide breaking in {of waters}: in the desolation they rolled themselves {upon me}.
15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. {my soul: Heb. my principal one}
16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18By the great force {of my disease} is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
Cross References
Psalms 42:4
When I remember these {things}, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. {out of...: or, sundered}
Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. {I eat: Heb. my meat}
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore will I divide him {a portion} with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Psalms 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. {falleth: Heb. forsaketh}
1 Samuel 1:15
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I {am} a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. {of a sorrowful...: Heb. hard of spirit}