Job 30 · Verse 21

Job 30:21

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Job 30:21, King James Version

Job 30:21 in other translations

BSBYou have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
WEBYou have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
ASVThou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
YLTThou art turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Thy hand, Thou oppressest me.
DARBYThou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
BBEYou have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.
WebsterThou hast become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

What does Job 30:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 30:16-23

16-23. Job's outward calamities affect his mind. poured out--in irrepressible complaints (Psa 42:4; Jos 7:5).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Thou 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 30:15-31

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…

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Job 30:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְte.ha.Fekhyou change yourselfH2015
לְאַכְזָ֣רle.'akh.Zarinto [one] cruelH393
לִ֑יLito me
בְּעֹ֖צֶםbe.'O.tzemwith [the] might ofH6108
יָדְךָ֣ya.de.Khahand yourH3027
תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי\׃tis.te.Me.niyou are hostile to meH7852

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 30:21

  • Job 16:9-14

    He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. …

  • Job 10:14-17

    If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

  • Job 19:6-9

    Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

  • Job 10:3

    Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • 1 Peter 5:6

    Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

  • Job 7:20-21

    I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • Psalms 89:13

    Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

  • Job 13:25-28

    Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

  • Job 23:6

    Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

  • Job 6:9

    Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

  • Job 19:22

    Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

  • Jeremiah 30:14

    All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
become cruel. Heb. turned to be cruel.
7:20,21; 10:14-17; 13:25-28; 16:9-14; 19:6-9; Ps 77:7-9; Jer 30:14
thy strong hand. Heb. the strength of thy hand.
6:9; 23:6; Ps 89:13; 1Pe 5:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 30:20

    I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

  • Job 30:21

    Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

  • Job 30:22

    Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

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Job 30:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Haste tornado cruel para mí: con la fortaleza de tu mano me amenazas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu t’es changé pour moi en ennemi cruel; tu me poursuis avec la force de ta main.
German
Elberfelder 1871
In einen Grausamen verwandelst du dich mir, mit der Stärke deiner Hand befeindest du mich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Mutatus es mihi in crudelem, et in duritia manus tuæ adversaris mihi.