Job 30:29
I am like a brother to the jackals, a companion to owls.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
In Context
28I am so depressed; seeing the sun doesn't help. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
30My skin turns black on me; and my bones burn within me.
Cross References
Job 17:14Should I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?
Psalms 102:6I'm like a desert owl, like a little owl among the ruins.
Isaiah 13:21Only desert animals will make their homes there, and the ruined houses will be inhabited by wild dogs. Owls will live there, and wild goats will leap around.
Micah 1:8Because of this I will weep and wail, I will walk barefoot and naked, and will howl like jackals and mourn like owls.
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 →