Job 30:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 30:21 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
  2. Job 7:20If 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?
  3. Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
  4. Job 10:14If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
  5. Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
  6. Job 13:25Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
  7. Job 16:9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
  8. Job 19:6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
  9. Job 19:22Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
  10. Job 23:6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
  11. Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
  12. Psalms 89:13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
  13. 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.
  14. 1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

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