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Job 30:19

Job 30:19

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

He (i.e. God) hath cast me into the mire. "The mire" here is the lowest depth of misery and degradation (comp. ; , ). Job feels himself cast into it by God, but nevertheless does not forsake him nor cease to call upon him (verses 20-23).

And I am become like dust and ashes; i.e. unclean, impure, offensive to my fellow-men, an object of dislike and disdain.

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