497 B
497 B
Now my life is pouring out from within me
Job speaks as if his life were a liquid and his body were a container. He feels he is about to die. Alternate translation: "Now I am dying" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
many days of suffering have laid hold on me
Job speaks of his continuous suffering as if the days of suffering have grabbed hold of him. Alternate translation: "I suffer many days, and the suffering does not end" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)