Job: God Will Punish the Wicked
Job 21:12
In 11 translations
- BSB
- singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
- KJV
- They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
- WEB
- They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
- ASV
- They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
- LSV
- They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, || And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.
- YLT
- They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
- DBY
- They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
- DRC
- They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
- GNV
- They take the tabret and harpe, and reioyce in the sound of the organs.
- JPS
- They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
- LXXE
- and they rejoice at the voice of a song.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- יִ֭שְׂאוּ כְּתֹ֣ף וְכִנּ֑וֹר וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ לְק֣וֹל עוּגָֽב׃
- LXX-Br
- ἀναλαβόντες ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν, καὶ εὐφραίνονται φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ.
Who and where
◆ Job's Trial
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MusicOrganTimbrelPleasureAmusements and Pleasures, WorldlyAmusements and Worldly PleasuresRich, TheHappiness of the Wicked, TheHarpHappiness
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Amos 6:4–6You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. You drink…
- Genesis 4:21And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
- Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- Isaiah 22:13But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
- Genesis 31:27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
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