Job 30:22

“You lift me up to the wind, you make me ride it, and you melt away my success.”

Job 30:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 30:22, word by word

You lift me upתִּשָּׂאֵtisae

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

Where else “tisae” appears
the windרוּחַruach

wind

Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.

Where else “ruach” appears
you make me ride itתַּרְכִּיבֵtarkive

set on

To set someone on a mount.

Where else “tarkive” appears
and you melt awayתְמֹגְגֵtemogge

soften

To dissolve or soften, like the ground with rain or the earth before YHWH.

Where else “temogge” appears
successתּוּשִׁיָּהtushiya

success

An achievement that lasts, because it comes from God.

Where else “tushiya” appears

Translation note

“You melt away my success”: so the form that is read in the Hebrew text; the written form can be understood “you melt me away in the storm.”

The context

21You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you bear a grudge against me.

22 · This verse (above)

23For I know that to death you will bring me back, and to the house appointed for every living one.

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