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Job 30:15

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 30:15

Verse 15 of 31

Scripture focus

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

Job 30:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 30:15

Theological / Devotional

Terrors. His misfortunes, his enemies, and even his friends conspire to fill Job’s soul with terror. The vivid contrast between the glorious past and the dismal present tends to accentuate that terror.

Soul. Heb. nedibah, “nobility,” “nobleness.”

As the wind. The figure reveals how ruthless was the pursuit. It is hard to find in the desert a hiding place from the wind.

Welfare. Heb. yeshu‘ah, “salvation,” “deliverance,” here probably “prosperity.” The dissolving of a cloud before the wind is a fit symbol of the disappearance of Job’s former prosperity and well-being.

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