Translations
Modern
You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
Traditional
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
Literal
You lift me up to the wind and make me ride it, You toss me about in the storm.
Latin
Elevasti me, et quasi super ventum ponens; elisisti me valide.
Original
Hebrew
English
You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
Notes
Job felt like he was caught in a storm and blown around like useless "straw" or "chaff" (9:17; 21:18; 27:21; Psalm 1:4; Isaiah 17:13).
Events
- Job's Trialc. 1650 BC