Job 30:29

In 11 translations

BSB

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.Or serpents or dragonsLiterally of daughters of an ostrich or of daughters of an owl

KJV

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.owls: or, ostriches

WEB

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

ASV

I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.

LSV

I have been a brother to dragons, || And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.

YLT

A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.

DBY

I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.

DRC

I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.

GNV

I am a brother to the dragons, and a companion to the ostriches.

JPS

I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

LXXE

I am become a brother of monsters, and a companion of ostriches.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְתַנִּ֑ים וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἀδελφὸς γέγονα σειρήνων, ἑταῖρος δὲ στρουθῶν.

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• Micah 1:8Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
• Psalms 102:6I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
• Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
• Malachi 1:3but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
• Psalms 44:19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
• Isaiah 13:21–22But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces.…
• Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

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