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Job 30:19

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

KJV

Comparatus sum luto, et assimilatus sum favillæ et cineri.

Vulgate

ἥγησαι δέ με ἴσα πηλῷ, ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ μου ἡ μερίς·

LXX

He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

ASV

הֹרָ֥/נִי לַ/חֹ֑מֶר וָ֝/אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּ/עָפָ֥ר וָ/אֵֽפֶר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵֽפֶר
'pr
noun · 21×
חֹ֖מֶר
chmr
noun · 31×
נִי
ny
verb · 86×
נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי
nmshlty
verb · 15×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 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:
  • Gen 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:
  • Job 9:31 — Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
  • Job 42:6 — Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Job 42:6 — Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 69:14 — Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.