Job 30:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָהְפַּ֥ךְ עָלַ֗י בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת תִּרְדֹּ֣ף כָּ֭רוּחַ נְדִבָתִ֑י וּ֝כְעָ֗ב עָבְרָ֥ה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי

Transliteration

They hāhəpaḵ upon me ballāhôṯ, tirəddōp̄ like the rûaḥ my nəḏiḇāṯî, and like ʿāḇ ʿāḇərâ my yəšuʿāṯî

Grammar Details

*hāhəpaḵ*: verb, hophal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - are turned/overturned
*ʿālay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - upon me/against me
*ballāhôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - terrors/sudden terrors
*tirəddōp̄*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it pursues
*kā-rûaḥ*: preposition of comparison with noun, feminine singular - like wind/spirit
*nəḏiḇāṯî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my nobility/dignity
*û-ḵə-ʿāḇ*: conjunction with preposition of comparison with noun, masculine singular - and like cloud
*ʿāḇərâ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it passed away
*yəšuʿāṯî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my salvation/welfare

Word Meanings

*hāhəpaḵ*: turned over/overturned/changed
*ballāhôṯ*: terrors/sudden terrors/fears
*tirəddōp̄*: pursues/chases after/hunts
*rûaḥ*: wind/breath/spirit
*nəḏiḇāṯî*: my nobility/my dignity/my honor
*ʿāḇ*: cloud/thick cloud
*ʿāḇərâ*: passed away/disappeared/vanished
*yəšuʿāṯî*: my salvation/my welfare/my prosperity

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Hos 13:3 : 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.
Isa 44:22 : 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.
Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 7:9 : 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
Job 7:14 : 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
Job 9:27-28 : 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Job 10:16 : 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Job 31:23 : 23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Ps 55:4-5 : 4 My heart is sore pained{H8799)} within me: and the terrors of death are fallen{H8804)} upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come{H8799)} upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed{H8762)} me.
Ps 88:15 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}.
Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Job 3:25 : 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

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