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Job 30:21
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You have turned against me with cruelty;you harass me with your strong hand.
You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me.
You have turned on me without mercy; with your powerful hand you attacked me.
You have become cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you attack me.
"You have become harsh and cruel to me; With the might of Your hand You [keep me alive only to] persecute me.
"You have become cruel to me; With the strength of Your hand You persecute me.
You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
Thou turnest thy selfe cruelly against me, and art enemie vnto mee with the strength of thine hand.
You have become cruel to me;With the might of Your hand You hunted me down.
You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
God has turned brutal,
You have turned cruelly against me; with your powerful hand you keep persecuting me.
Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
You have become cruel to me; you use your power to hurt me.
Thou hast treated me as an enemy to thee; with thy strong hand thou hast restrained me.
You are treating me cruelly; you persecute me with all your power.
You have turned cruel to me; you persecute me with your hand's might.
You changed to be cruel to me; You assault me with the might of Your hand;
Thou art become myne enemye, & wt yi violet hade thou takest parte agaynst me.
Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.
Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.
Thou art become cruell to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thy selfe against me.
Thou art become myne enemie, and with thy violent hande thou takest part against me.
They attacked me also without mercy: thou hast scourged me with a strong hand.
Thou art turned to be cruel to me: with the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
Thou art chaungid in to cruel to me, and in the hardnesse of thin hond thou art aduersarie to me.
You have turned to be cruel to me; With the might of your hand you persecute me.
Thou hast become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
But You have become cruel to me; With the strength of Your hand You oppose me.
You have become cruel toward me. You use your power to persecute me.
You work against me. With the power of Your hand you make it hard for me.
You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me.
Thou art turned to become a cruel one unto me, With the might of thy hand, thou assailest me;
Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me.
Thou hast turned cruel to me; with the might of thy hand thou dost persecute me.
Thou art turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Thy hand, Thou oppresest me.
"You have become cruel to me; With the might of Your hand You persecute me.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
become cruel: Heb. turned to be cruel, Job 7:20, Job 7:21, Job 10:14-17, Job 13:25-28, Job 16:9-14, Job 19:6-9, Psalms 77:7-9, Jeremiah 30:14
thy strong hand: Heb. the strength of thy hand, Job 6:9, Job 23:6, Psalms 89:13, 1 Peter 5:6
Reciprocal: Job 13:24 - holdest me Job 33:10 - he counteth Job 40:2 - he that reproveth
Cross-References
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou art become cruel to me,.... Or "turned", or "changed" g, to be cruel to me. Job suggests that God had been kind and gracious to him, both in a way of providence, and in showing special love and favour to him, in a very distinguishing manner; but now he intimates his affections were changed and altered, and these were alienated from him, and his love was turned into an hatred of him; this is one of the unbecoming expressions which dropped from his lips concerning God; for the love of God to his people is never changed; it remains invariable and unalterable, in all dispensations, in every state and condition into which they come; there may be some of God's dispensations towards them, which may have the appearance of severity in them; and he may make use of instruments to chastise them, which may use them cruelly; but even then his heart yearns towards them, and, being full of compassion, delivers out of their hands, and saves them,
Jeremiah 30:14;
with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me; God has a strong hand and arm, and none like him, and sometimes he puts forth the strength of it, and exerts his mighty power in afflicting his people, and his hand presses them sore, and they can scarcely stand up under it; and then it becomes them to humble themselves under the mighty hand of God, and patiently bear it; and sometimes they take him to be their adversary, an enemy unto them, and filled with hatred of them, indignation against them, setting himself with all his might and main to ruin and destroy them; and this is a sad case indeed, to have such apprehensions of God, though unjust ones; for, as if God be for us, who shall be against us? so if he be against us, it signifies little who is for us; for there is no contending with him, Job 9:3.
g תהפך "mutatus es", V. L. Tigurine version; "versus es", Beza, Piscator; so Drusius, Cocceius, Vatablus, Michaelis, Mercerus, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thou 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 soldier, and thence it may refer to such acts of violence as a soldier commonly commits. The word occurs in Hebrew in the following places, and is translated in the following manner. It is rendered “cruel” in Deuteronomy 32:33; Job 30:21; Proverbs 5:9; Proverbs 11:17; Proverbs 12:10; Proverbs 17:11; Proverbs 27:4; Isaiah 13:9; Jeremiah 6:23; Jeremiah 50:42; Jeremiah 30:14; and fierce in Job 41:10. Jerome renders it, mutatus mihi in crudelem - “thou art changed so as to become cruel to me;” the Septuagint renders it, ἀνελεημόως aneleēmonōs - unmerciful; Luther, Du bist mir verwandelt in einem Grausamen - “thou art changed to me into a cruel one;” and so Umbreit, Noyes, and translators generally. Perhaps the word fierce, severe or harsh, would express the idea; still it must be admitted that Job, in the severity of his sufferings, is often betrayed into language which cannot be a model for us, and which we cannot vindicate.
With thy strong hand - Margin, the strength. So the Hebrew. The hand is the instrument by which we accomplish anything; and hence, anything which God does is traced to his hand.
Thou opposest thyselph against me - - תשׂטמני tiśâṭamēniy. The word שׂטם śâṭam, means to lie in wait for anyone; to lay snares; to set a trap; see Job 16:9, where the same word occurs, and where it is rendered “who hateth me,” but where it would be better rendered he pursues, or persecutes me. The meaning is, that God had become his adversary, or had set himself against him. There was a severity in his dealings with him as if he had become a foe.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 30:21. 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.
