Job 3:24

24. Before I eat Literally, In presence of my bread; that is, at the same time of my eating; or, “instead of my bread.” Hitzig. In either case the meaning is, “Sighing is my bread.” Juvenal attributes to the successful sinner “a perpetual anxiety, nor does it cease even at his hour of meal.” ( Perpetua anxietas, nec mensae tempore cessat.) Satires, 13. 211.

Roarings Roarings, as of a lion; or since מים , waters, is sometimes used for the great deep, Job may possibly have had in mind the roaring of the sea. The figure is no stronger than ours “a flood of tears.”

Like the waters In an uninterrupted flow, like water poured forth.