Job 30:29–30
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.
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- 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
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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.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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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.
29I 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.