THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
The multitude of hardships he encountered drove him to weep and mourn. "Even if I desire to be quiet, I cannot," he expresses. The weight of his sufferings forced him to cry out and grieve.
Job 30:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.
מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃
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Ireneus (Orda)
In his time of suffering, he became the object of scorn among the most lowly (30:1-14), yet his faith in God transformed him (15-22): the outcomes he faced were entirely contrary to expectations (23-31).
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Lam 2:11Caph. My eyes have failed with weeping, my bowels are troubled: my liver is poured out upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, when the children, and the sucklings, fainted away in the streets of the city.
- Ps 22 (21):4
- Lam 1:20Res. Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled: my heart is turned within me, for I am full of bitterness: abroad the sword destroyeth and at home there is death alike.
- Jer 31:20Surely Ephraim is an honourable son to me, surely he is a tender child: for since I spoke of him, I will still remember him. Therefore are my bowels troubled for him: pitying I will pity him, saith the Lord.
- Jer 4:19My bowels, my bowels are in part, the senses of my heart are troubled within me, I will not hold my peace, for my soul hath heard the sound of the trumpet, the cry of battle.