Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My lyre is tuned to mourning, and my pipe to the sound of wailing. New Living Translation My harp plays sad music, and my flute accompanies those who weep. English Standard Version My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep. Berean Standard Bible My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping. King James Bible My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. New King James Version My harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the voice of those who weep. New American Standard Bible “Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep. NASB 1995 “Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep. NASB 1977 “Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep. Amplified Bible “Therefore my lyre (harp) is used for [the sound of] mourning, And my flute for the [sound of the] voices of those who weep. Christian Standard Bible My lyre is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping. Holman Christian Standard Bible My lyre is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping. American Standard Version Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep. Aramaic Bible in Plain English My harp was for grieving, and my song for the voice of weeping Brenton Septuagint Translation My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping. Contemporary English Version My only songs are sorrow and sadness. Douay-Rheims Bible My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep. English Revised Version Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep. GOD'S WORD® Translation So my lyre is used for mourning and my flute for loud weeping. Good News Translation Where once I heard joyful music, now I hear only mourning and weeping. International Standard Version But my harp is in mourning; my flute plays only songs for those who are weeping." Job Asserts His Moral Innocence JPS Tanakh 1917 Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep. Literal Standard Version And my harp becomes mourning, | And my pipe the sound of weeping.” Majority Standard Bible My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping. New American Bible My lyre is tuned to mourning, and my reed pipe to sounds of weeping. NET Bible My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping. New Revised Standard Version My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep. New Heart English Bible Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep. Webster's Bible Translation My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. World English Bible Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep. Young's Literal Translation And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity…30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever. 31My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping. Cross References Job 30:28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help. Psalm 137:2 There on the willows we hung our harps, Isaiah 24:8 The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. Treasury of Scripture My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. Psalm 137:1-4 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion… Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; Isaiah 21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. Jump to Previous Flute Harp Lyre Mourning Music Noise Organ Pipe Sorrow Sound Tuned Turned Voice Wailing Weep WeepingJump to Next Flute Harp Lyre Mourning Music Noise Organ Pipe Sorrow Sound Tuned Turned Voice Wailing Weep WeepingJob 30 1. Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt15. and his prosperity into calamity (31) My harp also is turned to mourning.--Or, Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep. The musical instruments here named, like those of Genesis 4:21, are respectively the stringed and wind instruments.Verse 31. - My harp also is turned to mourning. The result of all is that Job's harp is laid aside, either literally or figuratively. Its music is replaced by the sound of mourning (see vers. 28, 29). And my organ (or rather, my pipe) into the voice of them that weep. The pipe also is no longer sounded in his presence; he hears only the voice of weeping and lamentation. Thus appropriately ends the long dirge in which he has bewailed his miserable fare.
Hebrew My harpכִּנֹּרִ֑י (kin·nō·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3658: A harp is tuned וַיְהִ֣י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be to mourning לְ֭אֵבֶל (lə·’ê·ḇel) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 60: Lamentation and my flute וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י (wə·‘u·ḡā·ḇî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5748: (a reed musical instrument) perhaps a flute to the sound לְק֣וֹל (lə·qō·wl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound of weeping. בֹּכִֽים׃ (bō·ḵîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 1058: To weep, to bemoan Links Job 30:31 NIVJob 30:31 NLT Job 30:31 ESV Job 30:31 NASB Job 30:31 KJV Job 30:31 BibleApps.com Job 30:31 Biblia Paralela Job 30:31 Chinese Bible Job 30:31 French Bible Job 30:31 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 30:31 Therefore my harp has turned to mourning (Jb) |
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