ヨブ記 30:29-31 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:16-31

Job's second parable: 3. A sorrowful survey of present misery. I. JOB 'S BODILY AFFLICTION . 1 . Overpowering. It was no trifling ailment that wrung from the heart of this fallen great man the exquisitely plaintive lament of the present section. The malady which had struck its fangs into his vitals was one that made his bowels boil, and rest not (verse 27); that caused his heart to melt like wax in the midst of his bowels ( Psalms 22:14 ); yea, that dissolved his soul in tears... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:28-29

I went mourning without the sun ; rather, I go about blackened , but not by the sun. Grief and suffering, according to Oriental notions, blackened the face (see Lamentations 4:8 ; Lamentations 5:10 ; Psalms 119:83 ; and below, Psalms 119:30 ). I stood up, and I cried in the congregation ; rather, I stand up in the assembly ' and cry for help ( see the Revised Version). Job feels this as the most pitiable feature in his ease. He is broken down; he can no longer endure. At... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:30

My skin is black upon me (see the comment on Job 30:28 , Job 30:29 , ad init. ), and my bones are burned with heat . The "burning pains" in the bones, which characterize at least one form of elephantiasis, have been already mentioned (see the comment on Job 30:17 ). In ordinary elephantiasis there is often "intense pain in the lumbar region and groin," which the patient might think to be in his bones. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

My harp also is turned to mourning . The result of all is that Job's harp is laid aside, either literally or figuratively. Its music is replaced by the sound of mourning (see verses 28, 29). And my organ (or rather, my pipe ) into the voice of them that weep . The pipe also is no longer sounded in his presence; he hears only the voice of weeping and lamentation. Thus appropriately ends the long dirge in which he has bewailed his miserable fare. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

The harp turned to mourning. This is disappointing and incongruous. The harp is not like the pipes used at Oriental funerals for lamentation. It is an instrument for joyous music. Yet Job's harp is turned to mourning. I. MAN HAS A NATURAL FACULTY OF JOY . Job had his harp, or that in him of which the harp was symbolical. Some people are of a more melancholy disposition than others, but nobody is so constituted as to be incapable of experiencing gladness. We rightly regard... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:29

I am a brother to dragons - That is, my loud complaints and cries resemble the doleful screams of wild animals, or of the most frightful monsters. The word “brother” is often used in this sense, to denote similarity in any respect. The word “dragons” here (תנין tannı̂yn), denotes properly a sea-monster, a great fish, a crocodile; or the fancied animal with wings called a dragon; see the notes at Isaiah 13:22. Gesenius, Umbreit, and Noyes, render this word here jackals - an animal between a dog... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:30

My skin is black upon me; - see Job 30:28. It had become black by the force of the disease.My bones are burnt with heat - The bones, in the Scriptures, are often represented as the seat of pain. The disease of Job seems to have pervaded the whole body. If it was the elephantiasis (see the notes at Job 2:7-8), these effects would be naturally produced. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:31

My harp also is turned to mourning - What formerly gave cheerful sounds, now gives only notes of plaintiveness and lamentation. The harp was probably an instrument originally designed to give sounds of joy. For a description of it, see the notes at Isaiah 5:12.And my organ - The form of what is here called the organ, is not certainly known. The word עגב ‛ûgâb is doubtless from עגב ‛âgab, “to breathe, to blow”; and most probably the instrument hero intended was the pipe. For a description of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 30:29

Job 30:29. I am a brother By imitation of their cries; to dragons Which howl and wail mournfully in the deserts, (Micah 1:8,) either through hunger and thirst, or when they fight with, and are beaten by, the elephant. Persons of like qualities are often called brethren. And a companion to owls Whose doleful noises are well known: or, ostriches, as Dr. Waterland renders the word; the females of which are also remarkable for their mournful cry, and which have their habitation in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 30:30-31

Job 30:30-31. My skin is black upon me, &c. “The boiling heat of my body hath so parched me that my skin looks black, and the marrow in my bones, and all my vital moisture, are dried up.” My harp also is turned to mourning “To say no more, all mirth is banished my house: the musical instruments are laid aside, and nothing but mourning and weeping come in their room.” Bishop Patrick. All my joy is gone, my condition entirely changed, and I have nothing now but wo and misery. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:16-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:28-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 30:29

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 30:30-31

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