Job 30:31

Job 30:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
• New International Version (NIV)My lyre is tuned to mourning, and my pipe to the sound of wailing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the voice of those who weep.

Context of Job 30:31

29I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches. 30My skin is become black [and falleth] off me, and my bones are parched with heat. My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.

Job 30:31 word by word

וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• harpכִּנּוֹרkinnôr · lyreH3658
• mourningאֵ֫בֶל'êbel · mourningH60
• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963

Cross-references for Job 30:31

• Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
• Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
• Isaiah 21:4My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.
• Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
• Isaiah 24:7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all that were merry-hearted do sigh;
• Lamentations 5:15The joy of our heart hath ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
• Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

Commentaries on Job 30:31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31My harp also is turned to mourning - Instead of the harp, my only music is my own plaintive cries. And my organ - What the עגב uggab was, we know not; it was most probably some sort of pipe or wind instrument. His harp, כנור kinnor, and his pipe, עגב uggab, were equally mute, or only used for mournful ditties. This chapter is full of the most painful and pathetic sorrow; but nevertheless tempered with a calmness and humiliation of spirit, which did not…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31My harp also is turned to mourning - What formerly gave cheerful sounds, now gives only notes of plaintiveness and lamentation. The harp was probably an instrument originally designed to give sounds of joy. For a description of it, see the notes at Isaiah 5:12. And my organ - The form of what is here called the organ, is not certainly known. The word עגב ‛ûgâb is doubtless from עגב ‛âgab “to breathe, to blow”; and most probably the instrument hero…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-31Verses 15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But woe be to those who really have God for an enemy! Compared with the awful state of ungodly men, what are all outward, or even inward temporal afflictions? There is something with which Job comforts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. organ--rather, "pipe" (Job 21:12). "My joy is turned into the voice of weeping" (La 5:15). These instruments are properly appropriated to joy (Is 30:29, 32), which makes their use now in sorrow the sadder by contrast.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 30:31

• Harp
• Music

In the dictionaries

• Cord
• Dissolve
• Music, Instrumental
• Prevent
• Profit
• Thief
• Job, Book of
• Music
• Organ

Commentaries on Job 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary