The Meaning of Job 30:27 Explained

Job 30:27

KJV: My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

YLT: My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Gone before me have days of affliction.

Darby: My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.

ASV: My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

My bowels  boiled,  and rested  not: the days  of affliction  prevented  me. 

What does Job 30:27 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 30:27 mean?

My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest confront me Days of affliction
מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־ דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־ עֹֽנִי

מֵעַ֖י  My  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מֵעֶה  
Sense: internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly.
רֻתְּח֥וּ  is  in  turmoil 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: רָתַח  
Sense: to boil.
וְלֹא־  and  cannot 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
דָ֗מּוּ  rest 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: דָּמַם 
Sense: to be silent, be still, wait, be dumb, grow dumb.
קִדְּמֻ֥נִי  confront  me 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person common plural, first person common singular
Root: קָדַם  
Sense: to meet, come or be in front, confront, go before.
יְמֵי־  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.