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Job 30:19 Cross-References
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“He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.”
Job 30:19 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 30:19
Job laments his condition: "He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes." The verb yarah (יָרָה, "cast") means to throw or hurl forcefully. The noun chomer (חֹמֶר, "mire") denotes clay or mud. Job describes himself as reduced to "dust and ashes" (aphar va'epher, עָפָר וָאֵפֶר)—the very phrase he'll use confessing human frailty before God (42:6). From a Reformed perspective, Job's description reveals the humiliation suffering brings while anticipating his ultimate posture before God. The phrase "dust and ashes" occurs at key moments: Abraham's self-description before God ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 30:19
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“Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch”
“See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.,And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:,וַיַּעַן אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמַר הִנֵּה־נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־אֲדֹנָי וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵפֶר׃ ,And Abraham answered and said: Behold now”
“and don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me”
“and repent in dust and ashes.,Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes., עַל־כֵּן אֶמְאַס וְנִחַמְתִּי עַל־עָפָר וָאֵפֶר׃ פ ,Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, Seeing I am dust and ashes.,διὸ ἐφαύλισα ἐμαυτὸν καὶ ἐτάκην ἥγημαι δὲ ἐμαυτὸν γῆν καὶ σποδόν,Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.,,,,”
“God”
“and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son”
“and he sat among the ashes.”