Job 30:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:14 : 14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
  • Ps 42:4 : 4 Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.
  • Isa 53:12 : 12 For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.
  • Ps 40:12 : 12 For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.
  • 1 Sam 1:15 : 15 And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.
  • Job 3:24 : 24 In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.

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