Job 30:29
What does Job 30:29 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 30:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
- Malachi 1:3
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
- Isaiah 13:21
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.
- Psalms 44:19
That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
- Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallowora crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
- Job 17:14
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;
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