Job 30:31

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And my harp is changed to mourning, and my flute to the voice of weeping.

Latin

Versa est in luctum cithara mea, et organum meum in vocem flentium.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

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

Lamentations 5:15
Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
Isaiah 21:4
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.
Isaiah 24:7–9
The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
Daniel 6:18
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
Psalm 137:1–4
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
…a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Glossary

Book of Job God, Names of Musical Instruments Organ

Topics

Harp in Mourning Music: Instruments of Organ, Probably Composed of Pipes Furnishing a Number of Notes Music: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

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