Job 30:29
A brother, became I to the brutes that howl, and a companion to the birds that screech:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
In Context
28In gloom, I walked along, without sun, I arose—in the convocation, I cried out for help;
30My skin, turned black, and peeled off me, and, my bones, burned with heat:
Cross References
Job 17:14To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.
Psalms 102:6I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.
Isaiah 13:21Then shall lie down there, wild beasts, And filled shall be their houses with owls,—Then shall inhabit there, the ostrich, And shaggy creatures, shall dance there.
Micah 1:8For this cause, will I lament and howl, I will go stript and bare,—I will make a lamentation, like the wild dogs, and a mourning, like ostriches.
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 →