Job 30:15 “Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by…”

Job 30:15

Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

World English Bible

Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.

American Standard Version

Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

Geneva Bible 1599

Feare is turned vpon mee: and they pursue my soule as the winde, and mine health passeth away as a cloude.

Darby Translation

Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.

Young's Literal Translation

He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away.

Bible in Basic English

Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

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Cross references

“Terrors”

Job 6:4 Psalm 88:15 Job 7:14 Job 10:16 Job 9:27 Job 9:28

Job 6:4 · BSB

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Psalm 88:15 · BSB

From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

Job 7:14 · BSB

then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

Job 10:16 · BSB

Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.

Job 9:27 · BSB

If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’

Job 9:28 · BSB

I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

“as a cloud”

Hosea 13:3 Isaiah 44:22 Hosea 6:4

Hosea 13:3 · BSB

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

Isaiah 44:22 · BSB

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Hosea 6:4 · BSB

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim ? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

Also

Job 31:23 Psalm 55:4–5 Job 3:25 Job 7:9

Job 31:23 · BSB

For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

Psalm 55:4–5 · BSB

My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.

Job 3:25 · BSB

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

Job 7:9 · BSB

As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.

16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

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