Job’s Prosperity Becomes Calamity
Job 30:21
In 11 translations
- BSB
- You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
- KJV
- Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.become…: Heb. turned to be cruelthy…: Heb. the strength of thy hand
- WEB
- You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
- ASV
- Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
- LSV
- You are turned to be fierce to me, || With the strength of Your hand, || You oppress me.
- YLT
- Thou art turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Thy hand, Thou oppressest me.
- DBY
- Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
- DRC
- Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me.
- GNV
- Thou turnest thy selfe cruelly against me, and art enemie vnto mee with the strength of thine hand.
- JPS
- Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.
- LXXE
- They attacked me also without mercy: thou hast scourged me with a strong hand.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐπέβησαν δέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως, χειρὶ κραταιᾷ με ἐμαστίγωσας.
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◆ Job's Trial
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Cross-references most cited first
- Job 16:9–14His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes. They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me. God has…
- Job 10:14–17If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity. If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction. Should I hold my…
- Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
- 1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
- Job 19:6–9then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me. Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He…
- Job 7:20–21If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You? Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie…
- Job 19:22Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
- Job 13:25–28Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth. You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all…
- Job 23:6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
- Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
- Psalms 77:7–9“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
- Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
- Psalms 89:13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
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