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16 “And now my life is poured out onto me;
days of misery have taken hold of me.
17 At night I am in great pain;[a]
my pains do not take a rest.
18 He seizes my clothing with great power;[b]
he grasps me by my tunic’s collar.
19 He has cast me into the dirt,
and I have become like dust[c] and ashes.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:17 Literally “night my bones he pierces upon me,” or “night pierces my bones upon me”
  2. Job 30:18 Literally “much of strength”
  3. Job 30:19 Hebrew “the dust”

Accusation against God

16 Now my life is poured out on me;
    days of misery have seized me.
17 At night he bores my bones;
    my gnawing pain won’t rest.
18 With great force he grasps[a] my clothing;[b]
    it binds me like the neck of my shirt.
19 He hurls me into mud;
    I’m a cliché, like dust and ashes.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:18 LXX
  2. Job 30:18 Heb uncertain