Job 30:28–29
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.
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- 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
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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.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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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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27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
27My bowels boyled and rested not: the dayes of affliction preuented mee.
28I 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.