Job 30:22
Thou liftest me up, and causest me to ride upon the wind; Thou meltest me away in the storm.
Noyes Bible
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 become cruel to me; With thy strong hand dost thou lie in wait for me.
23I know that thou wilt bring me to death, To the place of assembly for all the living.
Cross References
Job 21:18How often are they as stubble before the wind, Or as chaff, which the whirlwind carrieth away?
Psalms 1:4Not so the unrighteous; They are like chaff, which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 104:3He layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; He maketh the clouds his chariot; He rideth upon the wings of the wind.
Jeremiah 4:11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem: A dry wind cometh from the hills of the desert, It cometh toward my people, Not to fan, nor to cleanse.
Hosea 4:19The wind hath bound them up with its wings, And they shall be brought to shame on account 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 →