Job 30:21 “You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.”

Job 30:21

You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.

American Standard Version

Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou turnest thy selfe cruelly against me, and art enemie vnto mee with the strength of thine hand.

Darby Translation

Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou art turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Thy hand, Thou oppressest me.

Bible in Basic English

You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.

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Cross references

“become cruel”

Job 10:14–17 Job 16:9–14 Job 19:6–9 Job 13:25–28 Psalm 77:7–9 Jeremiah 30:14

Job 10:14–17 · BSB

If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

Job 16:9–14 · BSB

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

Job 19:6–9 · BSB

then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

Job 13:25–28 · BSB

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

Psalm 77:7–9 · BSB

“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

Jeremiah 30:14 · BSB

All 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.

“thy strong hand”

1 Peter 5:6 Job 6:9 Job 23:6 Psalm 89:13

1 Peter 5:6 · BSB

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

Job 6:9 · BSB

that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

Job 23:6 · BSB

Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

Psalm 89:13 · BSB

Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

Also

Job 10:3 Job 19:22

Job 10:3 · BSB

Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Job 19:22 · BSB

Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

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

In context

20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

22You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

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