Job 30:31
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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- 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 30:31
A stringed musical instrument played with the fingers.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
A musical instrument of pipes sounded by wind.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To shed tears or lament in grief, sorrow, compassion, repentance, joy, or other deep feeling.
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30My 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.
31My 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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