Job 30:31
My harp also is turned to mourning, And my pipe to notes of grief.
Noyes Bible
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 black, and falleth from me, And my bones burn with heat.
Cross References
Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
Isaiah 21:4My heart panteth, Terror hath seized upon me; The evening of my desire is changed into horror.
Isaiah 24:7The new wine mourneth; The vine languisheth; All that were of a joyful heart do sigh;
Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting, and suffered not the concubines to be brought to him; and his sleep went 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 →