Job 30:15

“Terrors are turned upon me; they pursue like the wind my nobility, and like a cloud my salvation has passed away.”

Job 30:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 30:15, word by word

Terrorsבַּלָּהוֹתbalahot

terror

Terror, sudden dread; also the ruin that causes it. Almost always plural.

Where else “balahot” appears
are turnedהָהְפַּךְhahpach

turn

To turn one's body or course the other way.

Where else “hahpach” appears
they pursueתִּרְדֹּףtirdof

pursue

To go after someone to catch them.

Where else “tirdof” appears
like the windרוּחַruach

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

Where else “ruach” appears
my nobilityנְדִבָתִnedivati

nobility, honor

Nobility, dignity, a good name.

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and like a cloudעָבav

thick cloud

A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.

Where else “av” appears
my salvationיְשֻׁעָתִyeshuati

salvation

Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.

Where else “yeshuati” appears
has passed awayעָבְרָהavra

pass over

To pass, be gone; "pass over" a wrong is to forgive it.

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The context

14As through a wide breach they come; under the desolation they roll about.

15 · This verse (above)

16And now within me my soul is poured out; days of affliction seize me.

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