Job 30:31
Therefore mine harpe is turned to mourning, and mine organs into the voyce of them that weepe.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 skinne is blacke vpon me, and my bones are burnt with heate.
Cross References
Psalms 137:1By the riuers of Babel we sate, and there wee wept, when we remembred Zion.
Isaiah 21:4Mine heart failed: fearefulnesse troubled me: the night of my pleasures hath he turned into feare vnto me.
Isaiah 24:7The wine faileth, the vine hath no might: all that were of merie heart, doe mourne.
Daniel 6:18Then the King went vnto his palace, and remained fasting, neither were the instruments of musike brought before him, and his sleepe 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 →