Job 30:31
My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.
Cross References
Psalms 137:1Praise the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Isaiah 21:4My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.
Isaiah 24:7The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merryhearted have sighed.
Daniel 6:18And the king went away to his house and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not set before him, and even sleep departed from him.
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 →