New International Version
Job 30:21
21You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me.
Job 30:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But You have become cruel to me; With the strength of Your hand You oppose me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have become cruel toward me. You use your power to persecute me.
Context of Job 30:21
19He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes. 20“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me. You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me. 22You snatch me up and drive me before the wind; you toss me about in the storm. 23I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:21 word by word
תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:21
- Job 7:20If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?
- Job 10:14If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
- Job 13:25Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff?
- Job 16:9God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
- Job 19:6then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
- Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?
- Jeremiah 30:14All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many.
- Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
- Job 23:6Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.
- Psalms 89:13Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
- 1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
Commentaries on Job 30:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Thou art become cruel to me - Thou appearest to treat me with cruelty. I cry for mercy, trust in thy goodness, and am still permitted to remain under my afflictions. Thou opposest thyself - Instead of helping, thou opposest me; thou appearest as my enemy.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Thou art become cruel to me - Margin, turned to be. This language, applied to God, seems to be harsh and irreverent, and it may well be inquired whether the word cruel does not express an idea which Job did not intend. The Hebrew word אכזר 'akzâr is from an obsolete root כזר - not found in Hebrew. The Arabic root, nearly the same as this, means to break with violence; to rout as an enemy; then to be enraged. In the Syriac, the primary idea is, that of a…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. 20-21You do not answer: Job often complained about this (9:16; 19:7; 23:2–9; 31:35). But God soon responded (38:1).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
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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
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