Job 30:22
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to pass away, and dissolvest in me all wise counsel.
Leeser Tanakh
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 changed into a cruel master toward me: with the strength of thy hand thou assailest me.
23For I know that thou wilt bring me back to death, and to the house of assembly for all the living.
Cross References
Job 21:18Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?
Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 104:3Who frameth of the waters the beams of his upper-chambers; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh along upon the wings of the wind:
Jeremiah 4:11At that time shall be announced to this people and to Jerusalem a dry wind from the mountain-peaks in the wilderness, [coming] on the road to the daughter of my people; not to winnow, nor to cleanse [the corn],
Hosea 4:19The wind seizeth fast on them with its wings, 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 →