Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 30:19

"He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes." — Job 30:19 (ASV)

He has cast me into the mire. —He now turns more directly to God, having in Job 30:16 turned from man to his own condition—dust and ashes. This latter phrase is used only three times in Scripture: twice by Job , and once by Abraham (Genesis 18:27).