Job 30:22
Thou takest me vp and causest mee to ride vpon the winde, and makest my strength to faile.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 turnest thy selfe cruelly against me, and art enemie vnto mee with the strength of thine hand.
23Surely I knowe that thou wilt bring mee to death, and to the house appoynted for all the liuing.
Cross References
Job 21:18They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so, but as the chaffe, which the winde driueth away.
Psalms 104:3Which layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the cloudes his chariot, and walketh vpon the wings of the winde.
Jeremiah 4:11At that time shall it bee saide to this people and to Ierusalem, A dry winde in the hie places of the wildernes commeth towarde ye daughter of my people, but neither to fanne nor to clense.
Hosea 4:19The winde hath bounde them vp in her wings, and they shalbe 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 →