Job 21:12
New International Version
They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe.

New Living Translation
They sing with tambourine and harp. They celebrate to the sound of the flute.

English Standard Version
They sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.

Berean Standard Bible
singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.

King James Bible
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

New King James Version
They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

New American Standard Bible
“They sing with the tambourine and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

NASB 1995
“They sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

NASB 1977
“They sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

Legacy Standard Bible
They lift up the tambourine and harp And are glad at the sound of the pipe.

Amplified Bible
“They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

Christian Standard Bible
singing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoicing at the sound of the flute.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
singing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoicing at the sound of the flute.

American Standard Version
They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They picked up tambourines and harp and rejoiced to the voice of singing

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and they rejoice at the voice of a song.

Contemporary English Version
These people sing and celebrate to the sound of tambourines, small harps, and flutes,

Douay-Rheims Bible
They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

English Revised Version
They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They sing with the tambourine and lyre, and they are happy with the music of the flute.

Good News Translation
and dance to the music of harps and flutes.

International Standard Version
singing with tambourines and lyres as they rejoice to the sound of flutes.

JPS Tanakh 1917
They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Literal Standard Version
They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, | And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.

Majority Standard Bible
singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.

New American Bible
They sing along with drum and lyre, and make merry to the sound of the pipe.

NET Bible
They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.

New Revised Standard Version
They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.

New Heart English Bible
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Webster's Bible Translation
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

World English Bible
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Young's Literal Translation
They lift themselves up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

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Context
Job: God will Punish the Wicked
11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about, 12singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute. 13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.…

Cross References
Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

Job 21:11
They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

Job 21:13
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

Psalm 150:4
Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.


Treasury of Scripture

They take the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Genesis 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

Isaiah 5:12
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

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Job 21
1. Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved
7. Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God
16. Sometimes their destruction is manifest
21. The happy and unhappy are alike in death
27. The judgment of the wicked is in another world














Verse 12. - They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. The "timbrel" (תפ) is probably the tambourine, an instrument used from a remote antiquity by the Orientals. It consisted of a round hoop of wood, into which were sometimes inserted jingling rings of metal, and upon which was stretched at one end a sheet of parchment. It is represented on the monuments both of Egypt and Phoenicia ('Hist. of Egypt,' vol. 1. p. 522; 'Hist. of Phoenicia,' pp. 219, 223). The harp (כִנּור) was, in the early times, a very simple instrument, consisting of a framework of wood, across which were stretched from four to seven strings, which were of catgut and of different lengths, and were sounded either with the hand or with a plectrum. The "organ" (עוּנָב) was, of course, not an organ in the modern sense of the word. It was either a pan's pipe, which is a very primitive instrument, or more probably a double reed blown from the end, like a flageolet, examples of which are found in the remains both of Egypt and Phoenicia ('Hist. of Egypt,' vol. 1. p. 524; 'Hist. of Phoenicia,' l.s c.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
singing
יִ֭שְׂאוּ (yiś·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

to the tambourine
כְּתֹ֣ף (kə·ṯōp̄)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8596: A timbrel, tambourine

and lyre
וְכִנּ֑וֹר (wə·ḵin·nō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3658: A harp

and making merry
וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ (wə·yiś·mə·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome

at the sound
לְק֣וֹל (lə·qō·wl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of the flute.
עוּגָֽב׃ (‘ū·ḡāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5748: (a reed musical instrument) perhaps a flute


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