Job 30:21
Thou art changed into a cruel master toward me: with the strength of thy hand thou assailest me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
In Context
20I cry aloud unto thee, but thou answerest me not: I stand up, and thou fixest thy regard against me.
22Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to pass away, and dissolvest in me all wise counsel.
Cross References
Job 7:20If I have sinned, what [injury] can I cause unto thee, O thou Guardian of men? why hast thou set me as an object for thee to strike at, so that I am become a burden to myself?
Job 10:14If I have sinned, then dost thou watch me, and from my iniquity thou wilt not declare me guiltless.
Job 13:25Wilt thou terrify a leaf driven about [by the wind]? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
Job 19:6Then know for certain that God hath bent me down, and hath laid his net all around me.
Job 23:6Would he with his power contend against me? he would truly not lay such doings to my charge.
Psalms 89:13(89:14) Thine is the powerful arm, with might: strong is thy hand, and exalted 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 →