Job 30:22

Job 30:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
• New International Version (NIV)You snatch me up and drive me before the wind; you toss me about in the storm.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it, and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it; You spoil my success.

Context of Job 30:22

20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me. 21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me. Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to rideupon it; And thou dissolvest me in the storm. 23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living. 24Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

Job 30:22 word by word

תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי אֶל־ר֭וּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• rideרָכַבrâkab · to rideH7392

Cross-references for Job 30:22

• Job 21:18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
• Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
• Isaiah 17:13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
• Jeremiah 4:11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
• Ezekiel 5:2A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
• Hosea 4:19The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.
• Hosea 13:3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
• Psalms 18:10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
• Psalms 104:3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;

Commentaries on Job 30:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Thou liftest me up to the wind - Thou hast so completely stripped me of all my substance, that I am like chaff lifted up by the wind; or as a straw, the sport of every breeze; and at last carried totally away, being dissipated into particles by the continued agitation.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Thou liftest me up to the wind - The sense here is, that he was lifted up as stubble is by a tempest, and driven mercilessly along. The figure of riding upon the wind or the whirlwind, is common in Oriental writers, and indeed elsewhere. So Milton says, “They ride the air in whirlwind.” So Addison, speaking of the angel that executes the commands of the Almighty, says, “Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.” Coverdale renders this verse, “In…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-31Verses 15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But woe be to those who really have God for an enemy! Compared with the awful state of ungodly men, what are all outward, or even inward temporal afflictions? There is something with which Job comforts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Job felt like he was caught in a storm and blown around like useless "straw" or "chaff" (9:17; 21:18; 27:21; Psalm 1:4; Isaiah 17:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2316-23. Job's outward calamities affect his mind. poured out--in irrepressible complaints (Psa 42:4; Jos 7:5).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Job 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary