Job 30:30

Job 30:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
• New International Version (NIV)My skin grows black and peels; my body burns with fever.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.
• New Living Translation (NLT)My skin has turned dark, and my bones burn with fever.

Context of Job 30:30

28I go about mourning, but not in the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help. 29I am a brother of jackals, And a companion of ostriches. My skin grows black and falls from me; My bones burn with fever. 31My harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the voice of those who weep.

Job 30:30 word by word

ע֭וֹרִי שָׁחַ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְעַצְמִי־חָ֝֗רָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My skinעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• is blackשָׁחַרshâchar · be blackH7835
• upon me, and my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• are burnedחָרַרchârar · to scorchH2787
• with heatחֹ֫רֶבchôreb · droughtH2721

Cross-references for Job 30:30

• Psalms 119:83For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
• Lamentations 3:4He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.
• Lamentations 4:8Now their appearance is blacker than soot; They go unrecognized in the streets; Their skin clings to their bones, It has become as dry as wood.
• Lamentations 5:10Our skin is hot as an oven, Because of the fever of famine.
• Psalms 102:3For my days are consumed like smoke, And my bones are burned like a hearth.

Commentaries on Job 30:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30My skin is black - By continual exposure to the open air, and parching influence of the sun. My bones are burned with heat - A strong expression, to point out the raging fever that was continually preying upon his vitals.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30My skin is black upon me; - see Job 30:28. It had become black by the force of the disease. My bones are burnt with heat - The bones, in the Scriptures, are often represented as the seat of pain. The disease of Job seems to have pervaded the whole body. If it was the elephantiasis (see the notes at Job 2:7-8), these effects would be naturally produced.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. 30People with a comfortable life had skin protected from the sun and wind. Dark skin suggested physical and social decline (Lamentations 4:8; 5:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. upon me--rather, as in Job 30:17 (see on Job 30:17), "my skin is black (and falls away) from me." my bones--(Job 19:20; Psa 102:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 30:30

• Blackness
• Fever

In the dictionaries

• Colour
• Cord
• Dissolve
• Prevent
• Profit
• Thief
• Bone; Bones
• Color; Colors
• Heat
• Job, Book of

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