Job 30:31
What does Job 30:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 30:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore is my harpturnedto mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
KJV
King James Version · 1611My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore is my harpturnedto mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.
Context
v.30My skin is black, and fallethfrom me, And my bones are burned with heat.
v.31This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 6:18
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
- Psalms 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
- Isaiah 22:12
And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Isaiah 24:7
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
- Lamentations 5:15
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
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