Job 30:21
You are turned to be fierce to me, || With the strength of Your hand, || You oppress me.
Literal Standard 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 You, || And You do not answer me, I have stood, and You consider me.
22You lift me up, || You cause me to ride on the wind, || And You melt—You level me.
Cross References
Job 7:20I have sinned, what do I do to You, || O watcher of man? Why have You set me for a mark to You, || And I am for a burden to myself—and what?
Job 10:14If I sinned, then You have observed me, || And do not acquit me from my iniquity,
Job 13:25Do You terrify a leaf driven away? And do You pursue the dry stubble?
Job 19:6Know now, that God turned me upside down, || And has set around His net against me,
Job 23:6Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
Psalms 89:13You have an arm with might, || Strong is Your hand—high Your 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 →