English Standard Version
Job 30:31
31My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the voice of those who weep.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My harp plays sad music, and my flute accompanies those who weep.
Context of Job 30:31
29I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches. 30My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat. My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.
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וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:31
- Psalms 137:1By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and 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 staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
- Isaiah 22:12In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
- Isaiah 24:7The wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted sigh.
- Lamentations 5:15The joy of our hearts has ceased; our dancing has been turned to mourning.
- Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and 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
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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
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