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Job 30:16 — And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

my soul		Psa 22:14; Psa 42:4; Isa 53:12
have taken hold		Psa 40:12

Correlating Passages

my soul

	Psa 22:14	I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
	Psa 42:4	When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
	Isa 53:12	Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

have taken hold

Psa 40:12

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 30:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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