Job 30:31
My lyre only plays sad songs, and my pipe is the voice of those who weep.
Free Bible Version
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 turns black on me; and my bones burn within me.
Cross References
Psalms 137:1When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon we wept as we remembered Zion.
Isaiah 21:4My mind falters; I shake in panic. The night I looked forward to has become terrifying.
Isaiah 24:7The new wine dries up, and the vine withers. All the people celebrating groan.
Daniel 6:18Then the king went back to his palace. He ate nothing at all that night and refused any kind of entertainment. He couldn't sleep a wink.
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 →