Job 30:29
A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
In Context
28Mourning I have gone without the sun, I have risen, in an assembly I cry.
30My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,
Cross References
Job 17:14To corruption I have called: — 'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm.
Psalms 102:6I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
Isaiah 13:21And Ziim have lain down there, And full have been their houses of howlings, And dwelt there have daughters of an ostrich, And goats do skip there.
Micah 1:8For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an 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 →