Job 30:9-19

9 nunc in eorum canticum versus sum et factus sum eis proverbium

10 abominantur me et longe fugiunt a me et faciem meam conspuere non verentur

11 faretram enim suam aperuit et adflixit me et frenum posuit in os meum

12 ad dexteram orientis calamitatis meae ilico surrexerunt pedes meos subverterunt et oppresserunt quasi fluctibus semitis suis

13 dissipaverunt itinera mea insidiati sunt mihi et praevaluerunt et non fuit qui ferret auxilium

14 quasi rupto muro et aperta ianua inruerunt super me et ad meas miserias devoluti sunt

15 redactus sum in nihili abstulisti quasi ventus desiderium meum et velut nubes pertransiit salus mea

16 nunc autem in memet ipso marcescit anima mea et possident me dies adflictionis

17 nocte os meum perforatur doloribus et qui me comedunt non dormiunt

18 in multitudine eorum consumitur vestimentum meum et quasi capitio tunicae sic cinxerunt me

19 conparatus sum luto et adsimilatus favillae et cineri

Job 30:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 30

Job in this chapter sets forth his then unhappy state and condition, in contrast with his former state of prosperity described in the preceding chapter: things had taken a strange turn, and were just the reverse of what they were before; he that was before in such high esteem and credit with all sorts of men, young and old, high and low, rich and poor, now is had in derision by the meanest and basest of men, whose characters are described, Job 30:1-8; and the instances of their contempt of him by words and gestures are given, Job 30:9-14; he who enjoyed so much ease of mind, and health of body, is now filled with distresses of soul, and bodily diseases, Job 30:15-19; and he who enjoyed so much of the presence of God, and communion with him, and of his love and favour, was now disregarded, and, as he thought, cruelly used by him, who not only had destroyed his substance, but was about to bring him to the grave, Job 30:20-24; all which came upon him, though he had a sympathizing heart with the poor, and them that were in trouble, and when he expected better things, Job 30:25-28; and he close the chapter, lamenting his sad and sorrowful circumstances, Job 30:29-31.