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 succeed in destroying me without anyone helping them. 14As through a wide breach they come; amid the ruins they come rolling in. Terrors are turned on me; they chase away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance vanishes. 16“And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering have taken hold of me. 17Night pierces my bones within me; my gnawing pains never rest.

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 6:4For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me.
• Job 7:14then You frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions,
• Job 9:27If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and be cheerful,’
• Job 10:16If my head is held high, You hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me.
• Psalms 88:15Adonai, why do You spurn me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
• Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a thick cloud and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
• Hosea 6:4“O Ephraim, what shall I do for you? O Judah, what will I do for you? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud or like dew rising early, vanishing.
• Hosea 13:3Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like dew passing away early, like chaff blown from the threshing-floor, or 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

In the dictionaries

• Cloud
• Cord
• Dissolve
• Prevent
• Profit
• Thief
• Job, Book of
• Pass, Passage, Passenger

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