Job 30:22
Thou liftest me up to the wind, Thou causest me to ride upon it; and Thou dissolvest my substance.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
In Context
21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.
23For I know that Thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Cross References
Job 21:18That they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm stealeth away?
Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 104:3Who layest the beams of Thine upper chambers in the waters, who makest the clouds Thy chariot, who walkest upon the wings of the wind;
Jeremiah 4:11At that time shall it be said of this people and of Jerusalem; A hot wind of the high hills in the wilderness toward the daughter of My people, not to fan, nor to cleanse;
Hosea 4:19The wind hath bound her up in her skirts; and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
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 →