Job 30:15

Job 30:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
• New International Version (NIV)Terrors overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind, my safety vanishes like a cloud.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Terrors are turned upon me; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

Context of Job 30:15

13They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them. 14They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in. Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud. 16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me. 17Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

Job 30:15 word by word

הָהְפַּ֥ךְ עָלַ֗י בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת תִּרְדֹּ֣ף כָּ֭רוּחַ נְדִבָתִ֑י וּ֝כְעָ֗ב עָבְרָ֥ה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Terrorsבַּלָּהָהballâhâh · terrorH1091
• are turned looseהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• against meעַל‛al · uponH5921
• they drive awayרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• my dignityנְדִיבָהnedîybâh · honorH5082
• as by the windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• and my prosperityיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
• has passedעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• like a cloudעָב‛âb · cloudH5645

Cross-references for Job 30:15

• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• Job 7:14then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
• Job 9:27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
• Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
• Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
• Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
• Hosea 6:4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
• Hosea 13:3Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

Commentaries on Job 30:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Terrors are turned upon me - Defence is no longer useful; they have beat down my walls. They pursue my soul as the wind - I seek safety in flight, my strong holds being no longer tenable; but they pursue me so swiftly, that it is impossible for me to escape. They follow me like a whirlwind; and as fast as that drives away the clouds before it, so is my prosperity destroyed. The word נדבתי nedibathi, which we translate my soul, signifies properly my…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Terrors are turned upon me - As if they were all turned upon him, or made to converge toward him. Everything suited to produce terror seemed to have a direction given it toward him. Umbreit, and some others, however, suppose that God is here referred to, and that the meaning is,” God is turned against me terrors drive as a storm against me.” The Hebrew will bear either construction; but it is more emphatic and impressive to suppose it means that…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. 15Terrors: See also 6:4; 7:14; compare with Psalm 88:15.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. they--terrors. soul--rather, "my dignity" [Umbreit]. welfare--prosperity. cloud--(Job 7:9; Is 44:22).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 30:15

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Cloud
• Cord
• Dissolve
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• Profit
• Thief
• Job, Book of
• Pass, Passage, Passenger

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