Job 30:27

27 My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.

Job 30:27 Meaning and Commentary

Job 30:27

My bowels boiled, and rested not
All contained within him, his heart, lungs, and liver, in a literal sense, through a violent fever burning within him; or figuratively, being under great distress and trouble, by reason of his afflictions, outward and inward, see ( Jeremiah 4:19 ) ( Lamentations 1:20 ) ;

the days of affliction prevented me;
came sooner upon him than he thought; he did not expect the evil days to come, and the years draw nigh in which he should have no pleasure, until he was more advanced in years, and the time of his dissolution was at hand; they came at once, and unawares, upon him, when he looked not for them: some render the word "met me" ^F15, unexpectedly; or rather, they "rushed upon me" ^F16, in an hostile way; came in troops, and invaded and surrounded him, see ( Job 19:12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (ynmdq) "occurrerunt mihi", Piscator, Cocceius.
F16 "Incursarunt me", Schultens.

Job 30:27 In-Context

25 I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.

26 I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.

27 My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.

28 I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.

29 I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.