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Job 30:27 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Job 30:27 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 30 verse 27 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.”
Job 30:27 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 30:27
My bowels boiled, and rested not (מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא־דָמּוּ, me'ay rutachu velo-dammu)—The noun me'im (מֵעִים, bowels/intestines) represents the seat of emotions in Hebrew anthropology. The verb ratach (רָתַח) means "to boil, seethe" (Ezekiel 24:5), conveying intense inner turmoil. The negative lo dammu ("did not rest") uses damah (דָּמָה, to be still, silent). Job experiences relentless internal anguish. The phrase the days of affliction prevented me (קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי־עֹנִי) uses qadam (קָדַם, "to come before, meet, confront"). Suffering arrived before Job could prepare.This visceral langua...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 30:27
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“my heart is troubled; My liver is poured on the earth”
“Yahweh; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaves”
“I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him”
“my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard”
“and you delivered them.”