Job 30:31
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 30 connects to 9 cross-references. The contrast with chapter 29 is stark: now Job is mocked by the worthless children of outcasts, abandoned by God who has become his adversary, and left to cry out in pain with no answer. He describes his wasting body …
Other Translations
Therefore is my harpturnedto mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.
And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.
Cross References
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and …
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: …