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Job 30:28–29

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I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
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From verse 28

  1. Psalms 38:6Rank 1 from verse 28
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    6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

  2. Psalms 42:9Rank 2 from verse 28
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    9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  3. Psalms 43:2Rank 3 from verse 28
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    2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  4. Isaiah 53:3–4Rank 4 from verse 28
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    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.

  5. Job 19:7Rank 5 from verse 28
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    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

From verse 29

  1. Micah 1:8Rank 1 from verse 29
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    8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

  2. Psalms 102:6Rank 2 from verse 29
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    6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

  3. Job 17:14Rank 3 from verse 29
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    14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

  4. Malachi 1:3Rank 4 from verse 29
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    3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

  5. Psalms 44:19Rank 5 from verse 29
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    19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

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Job 30:28

COMBINED MEANING

mourning

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

without

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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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COMBINED MEANING

sun

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The great light that rules the day and gives light and heat.

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cried

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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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

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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

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brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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dragons

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Large serpentine creatures and creatures of waste or desert places.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

companion

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One who accompanies, associates, or shares a condition, work, covenant, or fellowship with another; a fellow, mate, or partner.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

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29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

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30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

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