New King James Version
Job 30:21
21But You have become cruel to me; With the strength of Your hand You oppose 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.
- New International Version (NIV)You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have become cruel toward me. You use your power to persecute me.
Context of Job 30:21
19He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes. 20“I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You regard me. But You have become cruel to me; With the strength of Your hand You oppose me. 22You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it; You spoil my success. 23For I know that You will bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
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תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:21
- Job 7:20Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?
- Job 10:14If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
- Job 13:25Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry stubble?
- Job 16:9He tears me in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
- Job 19:6Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net.
- Psalms 77:7Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more?
- Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you; They do not seek you; For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, With the chastisement of a cruel one, For the multitude of your iniquities, Because your sins have increased.
- Job 6:9That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
- Job 23:6Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of me.
- Psalms 89:13You have a mighty arm; Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand.
- 1 Peter 5:6Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you 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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