Job 30:26–31
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
When I looked for good, then euill came vnto mee: and when I waited for light, there came darkenes.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
My bowels boyled and rested not: the dayes of affliction preuented mee.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
I went mourning without the Sunne: I stood vp, and I cried in the Congregation.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
*I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to ‖owles.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, ostriches.
- *Cross-referencePsal. 102.6.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
My skinne is blacke vpon mee, and my bones are burnt with heat.
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
My harpe also is turned to mourning, and my organe into the voyce of them that weepe.
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From verse 26
- Jeremiah 8:15Rank 1 from verse 26
- Jeremiah 14:19Rank 2 from verse 26
19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
19*Hast thou vtterly reiected Iudah? hath thy soule loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten vs, and there is no healing for vs? we looked for peace, and there is no good, and for the time of healing, and behold trouble.
- Job 3:25–26Rank 3 from verse 26
25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
25For †the thing which I greatly feared is come vpon me, and that which I was afraid of, is come vnto me.
26I was not in safetie, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet: yet trouble came.
- Isaiah 50:10Rank 4 from verse 26
10¶ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
10¶ Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voyce of his seruant, that walketh in darkenesse and hath no light? let him trust in the Name of the LORD, and stay vpon his God.
- Micah 1:12Rank 8 from verse 26
- Psalms 97:11Rank 9 from verse 26
- Jeremiah 15:18Rank 10 from verse 26
18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
18*†Why is my paine perpetuall? and my wound incurable which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether vnto me as a lyar, and as waters that faile?
From verse 27
- Lamentations 2:11Rank 1 from verse 27
11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
11‖Mine eyes doe faile with teares: my bowels are troubled: my liuer is powred vpon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and the sucklings swoone in the streets of the citie.
- Jeremiah 31:20Rank 2 from verse 27
20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
20† Is Ephraim my deare sonne? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I doe earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely haue mercy vpon him, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 4:19Rank 3 from verse 27
19¶ My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
19¶ *†My bowels, my bowels, I am pained at my very heart, my heart maketh a noise in mee, I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soule, the sound of the Trumpet, the alarme of warre.
- Lamentations 1:20Rank 4 from verse 27
20Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
20Behold, O LORD: for I am in distresse: my *bowels are troubled: mine heart is turned within mee, for I haue grieuously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaueth, at home there is as death.
- Psalms 22:4Rank 5 from verse 27
From verse 28
- Psalms 38:6Rank 1 from verse 28
- Psalms 42:9Rank 2 from verse 28
- Psalms 43:2Rank 3 from verse 28
- Isaiah 53:3–4Rank 4 from verse 28
3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
3*‖He is despised and reiected of men, a man ofsorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not.
4¶ *Surely he hath borne our griefes, and caried our sorrowes: yet we did esteeme him striken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
- Lamentations 3:1–3Rank 6 from verse 28
1I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
1¶ I Am the man that hath seene affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2He hath led me and brought mee into darkenesse, but not into light.
3Surely against me is he turned, he turneth his hand against me all the day.
From verse 29
- Psalms 102:6Rank 2 from verse 29
- Malachi 1:3Rank 4 from verse 29
- Psalms 44:19Rank 5 from verse 29
- Isaiah 13:21–22Rank 6 from verse 29
21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
22And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
21††‖†But wilde beastes of the desert shall lye there, and their houses shalbe full of dolefull creatures, and owles shall dwell there, and Satyres shall daunce there.
22†‖And the wilde beastes of the Ilands shal cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is neere to come, and her dayes shall not be prolonged.
- Isaiah 38:14Rank 7 from verse 29
From verse 30
- Lamentations 4:8Rank 1 from verse 30
8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
8†Their visage is blacker then a cole: they are not knowen in the streets: their skinne cleaueth to their bones: it is withered, it is become like a sticke.
- Psalms 102:3Rank 2 from verse 30
- Psalms 119:83Rank 3 from verse 30
- Lamentations 3:4Rank 4 from verse 30
- Lamentations 5:10Rank 5 from verse 30
From verse 31
- Lamentations 5:15Rank 1 from verse 31
- Isaiah 21:4Rank 2 from verse 31
- Daniel 6:18Rank 3 from verse 31
18¶ Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
18¶ ‖Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musicke brought before him, and his sleepe went from him.
- Ecclesiastes 3:4Rank 4 from verse 31
- Isaiah 22:12Rank 5 from verse 31
- Isaiah 24:7–9Rank 6 from verse 31
7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merrie hearted doe sigh.
8*The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that reioyce, endeth, the ioy of the harpe ceaseth.
9They shall not drinke wine with a song, strong drinke shall bee bitter to them that drinke it.
- Psalms 137:1–4Rank 7 from verse 31
1BY the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
1¶ By the riuers of Babylon, there wee sate downe, yea we wept: when we remembred Zion.
2Wee hanged our harpes vpon the willowes, in the midst thereof.
3††For there they that carried vs away captiue, required of vs a song, and they that wasted vs, required of vs mirth: saying, Sing vs one of the songs of Zion.
4†How shall we sing the LORDs song: in a strange land?
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Job 30:26
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of look, meaning to direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of wait. Sense 1: Remained in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: Attended or served.
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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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Job 30:27
1. Figuratively, deep inward feeling or affection, especially compassion, mercy, or distress; also one deeply loved. 2. The inward organs or inner parts of the body. 3. The womb or inward bodily source of offspring.
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1. Cooked by boiling. 2. Seethed or was violently agitated inwardly.
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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of rest, meaning to cease from labour or motion, lie still, settle, remain, or rely. Sense 2: Repose, peace, security, or an abiding place.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of prevent, meaning to go or come before; to anticipate.
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Job 30:28
Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of mourn, meaning to grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.
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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
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The great light that rules the day and gives light and heat.
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1. Called out, shouted, proclaimed, warned, wailed, or otherwise uttered, often loudly. 2. Appealed, prayed, complained, or called for help, justice, or attention.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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congregation
1. A gathered assembly, company, or community of people, or the people considered together as a body. 2. In the fixed expressions "tabernacle of the congregation" and "tent of the congregation," part of the name of the appointed meeting place.
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Job 30:29
Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.
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Large serpentine creatures and creatures of waste or desert places.
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One who accompanies, associates, or shares a condition, work, covenant, or fellowship with another; a fellow, mate, or partner.
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Birds that chiefly fly and seek prey by night.
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Job 30:30
Sense 1: The natural outer covering of a person or animal; the hide or exterior covering. Sense 2: To strip off the skin or hide.
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Sense 1: Of the darkest colour. Sense 2: Dark or blackened in appearance. Sense 3: Figuratively, darkened by mourning, famine, or judgment.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of burn, meaning to consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.
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Sense 1: Warmth or high temperature. Sense 2: To make or become hot.
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Job 30:31
A stringed musical instrument played with the fingers.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.
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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of mourn, meaning to grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.
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A musical instrument of pipes sounded by wind.
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To shed tears or lament in grief, sorrow, compassion, repentance, joy, or other deep feeling.
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25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
25*Did not I weepe †for him that was in trouble? was not my soule grieued for the poore?
26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
26When I looked for good, then euill came vnto mee: and when I waited for light, there came darkenes.
Selected passage27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
27My bowels boyled and rested not: the dayes of affliction preuented mee.
Selected passage28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
28I went mourning without the Sunne: I stood vp, and I cried in the Congregation.
Selected passage29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
29*I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to ‖owles.
Selected passage30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
30My skinne is blacke vpon mee, and my bones are burnt with heat.
Selected passage31My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
31My harpe also is turned to mourning, and my organe into the voyce of them that weepe.
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