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Atomic Bible
Job 30:21
You have ruthlessly turned on me;
from Job’s Prosperity Becomes Calamity, Job 30:15-31
What it says

God has turned cruel to him and attacks him with the might of his hand.

What it is doing

This verse gives Job's anguished interpretation of divine action.

In context

15Terrors are turned loose against me; 16And now my soul is poured out within me; 17Night pierces my bones, 18With great force He grasps my garment; 19He throws me into the mud, 20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; 21You have ruthlessly turned on me; 22You snatch me up into the wind 23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, 24Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man 25Have I not wept for those in trouble? 26But when I hoped for good, evil came; 27I am churning within and cannot rest; 28I go about blackened, but not by the sun. 29I have become a brother of jackals, 30My skin grows black and peels, 31My harp is tuned to mourning