Job 30:19
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
הָיָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
Key Terms in This Verse
הָיָה hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Study H1961 →Cross References
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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.
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no wat...
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
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