Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
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Gill's Exposition
Terrors are turned upon me,.... Not the terrors of a guilty conscience, for Job had a clear one, and held fast his integrity; nor the terrors of a cursing and condemning law, for he knew he was…
Barnes' Notes
Terrors are turned upon me - As if they were all turned upon him, or made to converge toward him. Everything suited to produce terror seemed to have a direction given it toward him. Umbreit, and some…
In this second part of Job's complaint, which is very bitter, and has a great many sorrowful accents in it, we may observe a great deal that he complains of and some little that he comforts himself…
Cambridge Bible
Terrors are turned against me,
They chase away my honour like the wind;
And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
He is assailed by terrors. The words "like the wind" mean, like as the wind chases…
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