# He has thrown me into the mud

Job says that God has humiliated him. Alternate translation: "It is as though he has thrown me in the mud" or "He has humiliated me, like a person thrown in the mud" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# I have become like dust and ashes

This represents Job's feeling of being worthless. Alternate translation: "I have become as worthless as dust and ashes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])