Job 30:16
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And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.

my soul

Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.

Psalm 42:4 These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me: for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God: With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one feasting.

Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors.

have taken hold

Psalm 40:12 For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.

Context
Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity
15I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud. 16And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.17In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:15
Anna answering, said: Not so, my lord: for I am an exceeding unhappy woman, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

Job 3:24
Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:

Psalm 22:14
I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.

Psalm 42:4
These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me: for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God: With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one feasting.

Isaiah 53:12
Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors.

Lamentations 2:12
Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers.

Lexicon
And now
וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

my soul
נַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

is poured out
תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ (tiš·tap·pêḵ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out

within me;
עָ֭לַי (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

days
יְמֵי־ (yə·mê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

of suffering
עֹֽנִי׃ (‘ō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6040: Affliction, poverty

grip me.
יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי (yō·ḥă·zū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession


Additional Translations
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering grip me.And now my soul is poured out on me; the days of affliction have taken hold on me.

And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; and days of anguish seize me.

And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

"Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold on me.

And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction.
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