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 stop me from escaping. They are ready to destroy me. They do not need anyone to help them. 14I cannot stop them when they attack me. They rush forward to knock me down. So I am always afraid. My honour has disappeared as if a strong wind has blown it away. My riches have also gone, like a cloud that passes across the sky. 16Now I know that my life will soon end. Every day I continue to suffer. 17At night, my bones are painful. The pain is always there in my body.

Job 30:15 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Terrorsבַּלָּהָהballâhâh · terrorH1091
• are turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• upon me: they pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• my soulנְדִיבָהnedîybâh · honorH5082
• as the windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• and my welfareיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
• passeth awayעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• as a cloudעָב‛âb · cloudH5645

Cross-references for Job 30:15

• Job 6:4Almighty God has shot his arrows into me. Their poison is now deep inside me. God has sent me many troubles that make me afraid.
• Job 7:14But even then you give me dreams that frighten me. I have visions which make me very afraid.
• Job 9:27I may try to be happy and to smile. I may try to forget about my troubles.
• Job 10:16If I try to be brave, you chase me like a hungry lion. You show your power to hurt me.
• Psalms 88:15Since I was young, I have been in pain. I have always been near to death. You have caused bad troubles to frighten me, so that I feel helpless.
• Isaiah 44:22I have removed the guilt of your sins, like the wind blows away a cloud. When you turned against me, I have quickly forgiven you. Return to me now, because I have rescued you.’
• Hosea 6:4‘People of Ephraim and Judah, can I forgive you so easily? Your love for me soon disappears. It goes away as quickly as mist or dew in the morning.
• Hosea 13:3So those people will soon disappear! They will quickly disappear like mist or dew in the morning. They will be like chaff that the wind blows away from a threshing floor. They will be like smoke that disappears out of 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

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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