# For my sighing happens instead of eating; my groaning is poured out like water

Job expresses his anguish in two ways. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# my sighing happens instead of eating

"Instead of eating, I mourn"

# my groaning is poured out like water

Moral qualities and emotions such as grief are often spoken of as if they were water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])