Job 30:29
I am an ach to jackals, 1 and a re'a to owls. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
In Context
28I went mourning without the sun; 1 I stood up, and I cried out in the kahal. 1
30My ohr (skin) grows black upon me, 1 and my atzmot are burned with fever. 1
Cross References
Job 17:14I have said to Shachat, thou art avi; 1 to the worm, thou art immi, and achoti. 1
Psalms 102:6By reason of the voice of my groaning 1 my atzmot have deveykus to my basar. 1
Isaiah 13:21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; 1 and their batim (houses) shall be full of owls; 1 and ostriches shall dwell there, 1 and demons shall dance there. 1
Micah 1:8Therefore I will weep and wail, 1 I will go barefoot and arom (half-naked); 1 I will wail like the jackals, 1 and mourn like the ostriches. 1
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 →