King James Version
Job 30:19 in the King James Version says “He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.” — study this verse from Job chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.”
Job 30:19 · KJV
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. become: Heb. turned to be cruel thy: Heb. the strength of thy hand
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He hath cast”
H3384properly, 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
“me into the mire”
H2563properly, a bubbling up, i.e., of water, a wave; hence, a chomer or dry measure
“and I am become like”
H4911to liken, i.e., (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
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