Job 30:31

In 11 translations

BSB

My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

KJV

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

WEB

Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

ASV

Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

LSV

And my harp becomes mourning, || And my pipe the sound of weeping.”

YLT

And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.

DBY

My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.

DRC

My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.

GNV

Therefore mine harpe is turned to mourning, and mine organs into the voyce of them that weepe.

JPS

Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

LXXE

My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Ἀπέβη δὲ εἰς πένθος μου ἡ κιθάρα, ὁ δὲ ψαλμός μου εἰς κλαυθμὸν ἐμοί.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Lamentations 5:15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
• Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
• Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
• Psalms 137:1–4By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the willows we hung our harps, for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.” How can…
• Isaiah 24:7–9The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent. They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink…
• Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
• Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

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