Job 30:22
Thou liftest up me to the wind, thou carriest me away, and the storm maketh me faint;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 turned to become a cruel one unto me, With the might of thy hand, thou assailest me;
Cross References
Job 21:18They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
Psalms 1:4Not so, the lawless,—but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:
Psalms 104:3Building, in the waters, his upper chambers,—Who maketh clouds his chariot, Who passeth along on the wings of the wind;
Jeremiah 4:11At that time, shall it be said of this people and of Jerusalem,—The sharp wind of the bare heights in the desert, cometh towards the daughter of my people,—not to winnow nor to cleanse.
Hosea 4:19The wind hath bound her up in its wings,—that they may be ashamed, because 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 →