Job 30:29
I am become a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
In Context
28I am black, but not by the sun; I stand up, and utter my cries in the congregation.
30My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones burn with heat.
Cross References
Job 17:14I say to the pit, Thou art my father! And to the worm, My mother! and, My sister!
Psalms 102:6I am like the pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl amid ruins.
Isaiah 13:21But there shall the wild beasts of the desert lodge, And owls shall fill their houses; And ostriches shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there.
Micah 1:8Therefore I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked; I will wail like the jackal, And mourn like the ostrich.
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 →