Protestantism
English
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.12
- become…: Heb. turned to be cruel
- thy…: Heb. the strength of thy hand
Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
Thou art turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Thy hand, Thou oppressest me.
Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
Thou turnest thy selfe cruelly against me, and art enemie vnto mee with the strength of thine hand.
Thou have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of thy hand thou persecute me.
You are become cruel to me: with your strong hand you oppose yourself against me.
Thou art become cruel to me; with the strength of thy hand thou dost hate me.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
You have turned cruel to me; you persecute me with your hand’s might.
You changed to be cruel to me; You assault me with the might of Your hand;
You changed to be cruel to me; with Your mighty hand You assault me.
You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.
Thou art become cruel to me; With thy strong hand dost thou lie in wait for me.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.12
- become…: Heb. turned to be cruel.
- thy…: Heb. the strength of thy hand.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Thou art turned to become a cruel one unto me, With the might of thy hand, thou assailest me;
Thou hast become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.12
- become...: Heb. turned to be cruel
- thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand
You are become cruel to me: with your strong hand you oppose yourself against me.
Catholicism
English
Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me.
You have changed me into hardness, and, with the hardness of your hand, you oppose me.1
- 30:21The first part of this verse does not say that God has changed into cruelty, but rather that God has changed Job ‘into hardness’ or ‘to have a hard heart.’ Notice the play on words (which is almost lost by the Latin using two different words, crudelem and duritia, to refer to hardness). God ‘has been changing’ Job into hardness and God has a ‘hard hand.’ In English, we do not use the perfect passive participle nearly as often as it is used in Latin. Therefore, ‘has been changing’ is better rendered as ‘have changed.’ The translation then becomes: “You have changed me into hardness, and, with the hardness of your hand, you have opposed me.”(Conte)