The Meaning of Job 30:19 Explained

Job 30:19

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

YLT: Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

Darby: He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

ASV: He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 30:19 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 30:19 mean?

He has cast me into the mire and I have become like dust and ashes
הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר

הֹרָ֥נִי  He  has  cast  me 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: יׄורֶה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast, pour.
לַחֹ֑מֶר  into  the  mire 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹמֶר 
Sense: cement, mortar, clay.
וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל  and  I  have  become 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: מָשַׁל 
Sense: to represent, liken, be like.
כֶּעָפָ֥ר  like  dust 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָפָר  
Sense: dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish.
וָאֵֽפֶר  and  ashes 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵפֶר  
Sense: ashes.