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 break up my path, They promote my destruction; No one restrains them. 14As through a wide gap they come, Amid the storm they roll on. Sudden terrors are turned upon me; They chase away my dignity like the wind, And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud. 16“And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of misery have seized me. 17At night it pierces my bones within me, And my gnawing pains do not rest.

Job 30:15 word by word

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

• Suddenבַּלָּהָהballâhâh · terrorH1091
• are turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• uponעַל‛al · uponH5921
• They chaseרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• my dignityנְדִיבָהnedîybâh · honorH5082
• like the windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
• prosperityיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
• has passedעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• awayעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• like a cloudעָב‛âb · cloudH5645

Cross-references for Job 30:15

• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God line up against me.
• Job 7:14Then You frighten me with dreams, And terrify me by visions,
• Job 9:27Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put my face in order and be cheerful,’
• Job 10:16And should my head be high, You would hunt me like a lion; And You would show Your power against me again.
• Psalms 88:15I was miserable and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I grow weary.
• Isaiah 44:22I have wiped out your wrongdoings like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
• Hosea 6:4What shall I do with you, Ephraim? What shall I do with you, Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud, And like the dew which goes away early.
• Hosea 13:3Therefore they will be like the morning cloud And like dew which soon disappears, Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor, And like smoke from a chimney.

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