Job 30:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.”
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BSBPD
“My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Therefore is my harpturnedto mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 30:31 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
- Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
- Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Isaiah 24:7The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
- Lamentations 5:15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
- Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
- Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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