Job 30:21
Thou have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of thy hand thou persecute me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
In Context
20I cry to thee, and thou do not answer me. I stand up, and thou gaze at me.
22Thou lift me up to the wind. Thou cause me to ride [upon it], and thou disintegrate me in the storm.
Cross References
Job 7:20If I have sinned, what do I do to thee, O thou watcher of men? Why have thou set me as a mark for thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job 10:14If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.
Job 13:25Will thou harass a driven leaf? And will thou pursue the dry stubble?
Job 19:6know now that God has subverted me, and has encompassed me with his net.
Job 23:6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would give heed to me.
Psalms 89:13Thou have a mighty arm. Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Matthew Henry on Job 30:16-31
Job Complains of His Affliction. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto thee,… Read the whole commentary →