Job 30:29

Translations

Modern

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

Traditional

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

Literal

I have become a brother to jackals, and a companion to the daughters of the ostrich.

Latin

Frater fui draconum, et socius struthionum.

Original

Hebrew

English

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

Notes

Job 30:29

Job might have been expressing how he saw himself, how others saw him, or both. By saying he was a brother of jackals, a companion to owls, Job might have been describing his deep grief (Micah 1:8). People associated jackals with things devastated or ruins (see Psalm 63:10; Isaiah 13:22; 34:13; 35:7; Jeremiah 9:11; 10:22; 49:33; 51:37; Lamentations 5:18; Ezekiel 13:4; Malachi 1:3).

Job 29:1–31:40

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

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

Glossary

Book of Job God, Names of Jackal Ostrich

Topics

Birds: Unclean: Owl Ostriches: Owl Owl in RV Ostrich is Substituted Reptiles: Dragon The Dragon of Solitary Habits The Ostrich: (Companionship With) of Extreme Desolation

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