Job 30:21
He acts very cruelly toward me; with all of his power [MTY] he causes me to suffer.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
In Context
22He allows the wind to lift me up and blow me away, and he tosses me up and down in a violent storm.
Cross References
Job 7:20Why do you watch me constantly? If I sin, that certainly does not harm you! Why have you set me up like a target to shoot at? Do you consider me to be a heavy load that you are forced to carry?
Job 10:14You were watching to see if I would sin, in order that if I sinned, you would refuse to forgive me.
Job 13:25I am as insignificant as [MET] a leaf that is blown by the wind; why are you trying to cause me to be afraid [RHQ]? Why are you pursuing me? Am I useless, nothing more than a bit of dry chaff [RHQ]?
Job 19:6you need to realize that it is God who has caused me to suffer. It is as though he has trapped me with his net.
Job 23:6Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.
Psalms 89:13◄You/Your arms► are very powerful; ◄you/your hands► are extremely strong.
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 →