Job 30:31
And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
In Context
30My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.
Cross References
Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,
Isaiah 21:4My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.
Isaiah 24:7The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.
Daniel 6:18\6:17\Then they got a stone and put it over the mouth of the hole, and it was stamped with the king's stamp and with the stamp of the lords, so that the decision about Daniel might not be changed.
Matthew Henry on Job 30:16-31
Job Complains of His Affliction. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto thee,… Read the whole commentary →