The Meaning of Job 30:16 Explained

Job 30:16

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 30:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Job 30

1  Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt
15  and his prosperity into calamity

What do the individual words in Job 30:16 mean?

Now because of my [plight] is poured out my soul take hold of me the days of affliction
וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי יְמֵי־ עֹֽנִי

וְעַתָּ֗ה  Now 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: עַתָּה  
Sense: now.
עָ֭לַי  because  of  my  [plight] 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ  is  poured  out 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שֶׂפֶק 
Sense: to pour, pour out, spill.
נַפְשִׁ֑י  my  soul 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי  take  hold  of  me 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, first person common singular
Root: אָחוּז 
Sense: grasp, take hold, seize, take possession.
יְמֵי־  the  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
עֹֽנִי  of  affliction 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֳנִי  
Sense: affliction, poverty, misery.