Job 30:31
My harp also has been turned into mourning, 1 And my song into my weeping.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
In Context
30And my skin has been greatly blackened, 1 And my bones are burned with heat. 1
Cross References
Psalms 137:1A Psalm for David, of Haggai and Zechariah. 1 I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; 1 And I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; 1 For thou hast heard all the words of my mouth. 1
Isaiah 21:4My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear.
Isaiah 24:7The wine shall mourn, the vine shall mourn, all the merry-hearted shall sigh.
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 →