Job 30:22
You lift me up, || You cause me to ride on the wind, || And You melt—You level me.
Literal Standard Version
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
21You are turned to be fierce to me, || With the strength of Your hand, || You oppress me.
23For I have known You bring me back [to] death, || And [to] the house appointed for all living.
Cross References
Job 21:18They are as straw before wind, || And as chaff a windstorm has stolen away,
Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked: But [they are] as chaff that wind drives away!
Psalms 104:3Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, || Who is making thick clouds His chariot, || Who is walking on wings of wind,
Jeremiah 4:11At that time it is said of this people, || And of Jerusalem: “A dry wind of high places in the wilderness, || The way of the daughter of My people || (Not for winnowing, nor for cleansing),
Hosea 4:19Wind has distressed her with its wings, || And they are ashamed 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 →