Job 30:29
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 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 30:29
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.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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
Birds that chiefly fly and seek prey by night.
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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.