Job 30:22 · KJV
“Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride {upon it}, and dissolvest my substance. {substance: or, wisdom}”
— Job 30:22
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. {become...: Heb. turned to be cruel} {thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand}
For I know {that} thou wilt bring me {to} death, and {to} the house appointed for all living.
Job 30 — Context
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me {not}.
21Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. {become...: Heb. turned to be cruel} {thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand}
22Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride {upon it}, and dissolvest my substance. {substance: or, wisdom}
23For I know {that} thou wilt bring me {to} death, and {to} the house appointed for all living.
24Howbeit he will not stretch out {his} hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. {grave: Heb. heap}
Cross References
Job 27:21
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
Psalms 1:4
The ungodly {are} not so: but {are} like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Hosea 4:19
The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Job 9:17
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Psalms 104:3
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff {that} is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but {God} shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. {a rolling...: or, thistledown}
Psalms 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.