Job 30:27

“My bowels boiled, and rested not, etc.] All contained within him, his heart, lungs, and liver, in a literal sense, through a violent fever burning within him; or figuratively, being under great distress and trouble, by reason of his afflictions, outward and inward, (see <240419>Jeremiah 4:19 <250120> Lamentations 1:20); the days of affliction prevented me; came sooner upon him than he thought; he did not expect the evil days to come, and the years draw nigh in which he should have no pleasure, until he was more advanced in years, and the time of his dissolution was at hand; they came at once, and unawares, upon him, when he looked not for them: some render the word “met me” f1115,…”

“bowels--regarded as the seat of deep feeling (Isa 16:11). boiled--violently heated and agitated. prevented--Old English for "unexpectedly came upon" me, "surprised" me.”

“My bowels boiled - Or rather, My bowels boil - for he refers to his present circumstances, and not to the past. It is clear that by this phrase he designs to describe deep affliction. The bowels, in the Scriptures, are represented as the seat of the affections. By this is meant the upper bowels, or the region of the heart and the lungs. The reason is, that deep emotions of the mind are felt there. The heart beats quick; or it is heavy and pained; or it seems to melt within us in the exercise of pity or compassion; compare the notes at Isaiah 16:11. The idea here is, that the seat of sorrow and of grief was affected by his calamities. Nor was the feeling slight. His emotions he compared with…”

“Affliction - Came upon me suddenly, and unexpectedly, when I promised myself peace and prosperity. Job 30:28”

“Psa 22:4; Jer 4:19, Jer 31:20; Lam 1:20, Lam 2:11 Job 30:28”