New Living Translation
Job 30:21
21You have become cruel toward me. You use your power to persecute 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 King James Version (NKJV)But You have become cruel to me; With the strength of Your hand You oppose me.
Context of Job 30:21
19He has thrown me into the mud. I’m nothing more than dust and ashes. 20“I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer. I stand before you, but you don’t even look. You have become cruel toward me. You use your power to persecute me. 22You throw me into the whirlwind and destroy me in the storm. 23And I know you are sending me to my death— the destination of all who live.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:21 word by word
תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 30:21
- Job 7:20If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of all humanity? Why make me your target? Am I a burden to you?
- Job 10:14was to watch me, and if I sinned, you would not forgive my guilt.
- Job 13:25Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind? Would you chase dry straw?
- Job 16:9God hates me and angrily tears me apart. He snaps his teeth at me and pierces me with his eyes.
- Job 19:6But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net.
- Psalms 77:7Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me?
- Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers—your allies—have left you and do not care about you anymore. I have wounded you cruelly, as though I were your enemy. For your sins are many, and your guilt is great.
- Job 6:9I wish he would crush me. I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
- Job 23:6Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would give me a fair hearing.
- Psalms 89:13Powerful is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength.
- 1 Peter 5:6So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
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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