Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes. New Living Translation He has thrown me into the mud. I’m nothing more than dust and ashes. English Standard Version God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. Berean Standard Bible He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. King James Bible He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. New King James Version He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes. New American Standard Bible “He has thrown me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes. NASB 1995 “He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes. NASB 1977 “He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes. Legacy Standard Bible He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes. Amplified Bible “God has cast me into the mire [a swampland of crisis], And I have become [worthless] like dust and ashes. Christian Standard Bible He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. Holman Christian 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They likened me to mud and I am compared to dust and ashes Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou hast counted me as clay; my portion in dust and ashes. Contemporary English Version I have been thrown in the dirt and now am dirt myself. Douay-Rheims Bible I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes. English Revised Version He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. GOD'S WORD® Translation He throws me into the dirt so that I become like dust and ashes. Good News Translation He throws me down in the mud; I am no better than dirt. International Standard Version "He tossed me into the mire; I've become like dust and ashes. JPS Tanakh 1917 He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes. Literal Standard Version Casting me into mire, | And I have become like dust and ashes. Majority Standard Bible He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. New American Bible He has cast me into the mire; I have become like dust and ashes. NET Bible He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes. New Revised Standard Version He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. New Heart English Bible He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes. Webster's Bible Translation He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. World English Bible He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes. Young's Literal Translation Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity…18With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic. 19He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. 20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.… Cross References Genesis 18:27 Then Abraham answered, "Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord--though I am but dust and ashes-- Psalm 69:2 I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. Psalm 69:14 Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. Treasury of Scripture He has cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. cast me Job 9:31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. Psalm 69:1,2 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul… 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. dust Job 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. 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: Jump to Previous Ashes Cast Casting Dust Earth Low Mire Mud Reduced ThrowsJump to Next Ashes Cast Casting Dust Earth Low Mire Mud Reduced ThrowsJob 30 1. Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt15. and his prosperity into calamity (19) He hath cast me into the mire.--He now turns more directly to God, having in Job 30:16 turned from man to his own condition--dust and ashes. This latter phrase is used but three times in Scripture: twice by Job (here and Job 42:6), and once by Abraham (Genesis 18:27).Verse 19. - He (i.e. God) hath cast me into the mire. "The mire" here is the lowest depth of misery and degradation (comp. Psalm 40:2; Psalm 69:2, 14). Job feels himself cast into it by God, but nevertheless does not forsake him nor cease to call upon him (vers. 20-23). And I am become like dust and ashes; i.e. unclean, impure, offensive to my fellow-men, an object of dislike and disdain. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He throwsהֹרָ֥נִי (hō·rā·nî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach me into the mud, לַחֹ֑מֶר (la·ḥō·mer) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2563: A bubbling up, of water, a wave, of earth, mire, clay, a heap, a chomer, dry measure and I have become וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל (wā·’eṯ·maš·šêl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 4911: To liken, to use, language, in, to resemble like dust כֶּעָפָ֥ר (ke·‘ā·p̄ār) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud and ashes. וָאֵֽפֶר׃ (wā·’ê·p̄er) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 665: Ashes Links Job 30:19 NIVJob 30:19 NLT Job 30:19 ESV Job 30:19 NASB Job 30:19 KJV Job 30:19 BibleApps.com Job 30:19 Biblia Paralela Job 30:19 Chinese Bible Job 30:19 French Bible Job 30:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 30:19 He has cast me into the mire (Jb) |