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Job 30:19 Explained in Context

Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.

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Verse 19. He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

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Role in This Section

Job states “He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes” as one poetic claim in Job Laments Terror, Bodily Pain, and Unanswered Cry.

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  • Job 30:15–30:31

Job 30:19 belongs to “Job Laments Terror, Bodily Pain, and Unanswered Cry.” Job states “He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes” as one poetic claim in Job Laments Terror, Bodily Pain, and Unanswered Cry. Read the surrounding movement before drawing theology or application.

Why It Needs Context

Job states “He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes” as one poetic claim in Job Laments Terror, Bodily Pain, and Unanswered Cry. The line cannot responsibly stand apart from Job, the surrounding questions or images, and Job 30:15–30:31's conclusion.

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Read Job 30:15–30:31 — Job Laments Terror, Bodily Pain, and Unanswered Cry
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Job 30:15–30:31, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 30:15–30:31

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