Job 30:15

What does Job 30:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 30:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.

Context

v.14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.

v.15This passage

v.16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 44:22

    I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

  • Psalms 55:4

    My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

  • Hosea 13:3

    Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

  • Job 9:27

    If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

  • Job 7:9

    As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.

  • Job 3:25

    For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

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