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Job 30

Job 30:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou art βbecome
haphak (Hebrew #2015)
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
KJV usage: X become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Pronounce: haw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
cruel
'akzar (Hebrew #393)
violent; by implication deadly; also (in a good sense) brave
KJV usage: cruel, fierce.
Pronounce: ak-zawr'
Origin: from an unused root (apparently meaning to act harshly)
to me: with γthy strong
`otsem (Hebrew #6108)
power; hence, body
KJV usage: might, strong, substance.
Pronounce: o'-tsem
Origin: from 6105
hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
thou opposest
satam (Hebrew #7852)
properly, to lurk for, i.e. persecute
KJV usage: hate, oppose self against.
Pronounce: saw-tam'
Origin: a primitive root
thyself against me.
β
turned to be.
γ
the strength of thy hand.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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become cruel.
Heb. turned to be cruel.
Job 7:20‑21• 20I have sinned; what could I do to thee?{HR}Watcher of men, why makest thou me thy mark,{HR}So that I am become a burden to myself?
21And why dost not thou pardon my transgression,{HR}And put away my iniquity?{HR}For now shall I lie in the dust,{HR}And, if thou seekest after me, I am no more.
(Job 7:20‑21)
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Job 10:14‑17• 14If I should sin, thou wouldest mark me,{HR}And not in mine iniquity hold me guiltless.
15If I be guilty, woe unto me!{HR}And righteous, I durst not raise my head,{HR}Filled with shame, and seeing my misery;
16And should it hold itself up, as a lion thou wouldest hunt me,{HR}And turn again, and act wondrously against me.
17Thou wouldest renew thy witnesses against me{HR}And multiply thy displeasure against me —{HR}Reinforcements, and a host upon me.
(Job 10:14‑17)
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Job 13:25‑28• 25Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf,{HR}And wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
26For thou writest for me bitter things,{HR}And makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth;
27And puttest my feet in the stocks,{HR}And watchest all my paths,{HR}On the soles of my feet thou cuttest;
28And he as a rotten thing consumeth,{HR}As a garment which the moth hath eaten.
(Job 13:25‑28)
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Job 16:9‑14• 9His wrath hath torn and warred on me;{HR}He hath gnashed on me with his teeth;{HR}Mine enemy whetteth his eyes on me.
10They gaped at me with their mouth,{HR}With reproach they smote my cheeks.{HR}They strengthen themselves together against me.
11God hath shut me up to the unrighteous,{HR}And thrown me over into the hand of the wicked.
12I sat at ease, and he smashed me,{HR}And seized me by the neck, and dashed me,{HR}And set me as a mark for himself;
13His arrows compassed me about;{HR}He cleaveth my reins, and spareth not.{HR}He poureth out my gall on the ground.
14He breaketh me breach upon breach,{HR}He runneth upon me like a warrior.
(Job 16:9‑14)
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Job 19:6‑9• 6Know now that God hath wrested me,{HR}And compassed me round with his net.
7Lo, I cry of violence, and am not heard,{HR}I call out, but [there is] no justice.
8He hath hedged my way that I cannot pass,{HR}And hath set darkness on my paths.
9He hath stripped me of my glory,{HR}And hath taken the crown of my head.
(Job 19:6‑9)
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Psa. 77:7‑9• 7Will the Lord cast off forever?{HR}And will he be favourable no more?
8Hath his mercy failed forever?{HR}Hath the word come to an end from generation to generation?
9Hath God forgotten to be gracious?{HR}Or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
(Psa. 77:7‑9)
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Jer. 30:14• 14All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. (Jer. 30:14)
thy strong hand.
Heb. the strength of thy hand.
 Oh, if Job had but known the tender love which would have spared him from all this suffering, but for his own good! He knows not that “the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy.” That will come when he sees “the end of the Lord” —the purpose that is in view (Jas. 5:11). (Job 3-31 by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou art changed to a cruel one towards me,{HR}With the strength of thy hand thou warrest against me.