The Meaning of Job 30:22 Explained

Job 30:22

KJV: Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

YLT: Thou dost lift me up, On the wind Thou dost cause me to ride, And Thou meltest -- Thou levellest me.

Darby: Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to be borne away, and dissolvest my substance.

ASV: Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride upon it ; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou liftest me up  to the wind;  thou causest me to ride  [upon it], and dissolvest  my substance. 

What does Job 30:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Job 30

1  Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt
15  and his prosperity into calamity

What do the individual words in Job 30:22 mean?

You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride [on it] and You spoil - my success
תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי אֶל־ ר֭וּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי [תשוה] (תּוּשִׁיָּֽה)

תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי  You  lift  me  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
ר֭וּחַ  the  wind 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי  and  cause  me  to  ride  [on  it] 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: רָכַב  
Sense: to mount and ride, ride.
וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי  and  You  spoil 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive imperfect, second person masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: מוּג  
Sense: to melt, cause to melt.
[תשוה]  - 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
(תּוּשִׁיָּֽה)  my  success 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּשֻׁוָּה  
Sense: (CLBL/BDB) storm.