Tree of Life Version
Job 30:21
21You have turned on me cruelly; You attack me with the might of Your hand.
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 cast me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes. 20“I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, but You only look at me. You have turned on me cruelly; You attack me with the might of Your hand. 22You lift me up on the wind and make me ride on it; You toss me about in the storm. 23For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house 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 7:20Have I sinned— what have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target? Have I become a burden to You?
- Job 10:14If I sinned, You would watch me, and not acquit me of my iniquity.
- Job 13:25Will You frighten a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?
- Job 16:9His anger has torn and tormented me; He gnashes at me with his teeth; my enemy looks at me with daggers in his eyes.
- Job 19:6then know that God has wronged me and encircled me with His net.
- Psalms 77:7In the night I remember my song. I meditate with my heart and my spirit is searching.
- Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you. They are not looking for you. For I wounded you as an enemy— with cruel punishment— because your iniquity is vast, your sins innumerable.
- Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to release His hand, and cut me off!
- Job 23:6Would He oppose me with great power? No, He would only pay attention to me.
- Psalms 89:13You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at Your Name.
- 1 Peter 5:6Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may lift you up at the appropriate 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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