Job 30:28
26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
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Compare
- BSB
- I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
- KJV
- I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
- WEB
- I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
- ASV
- I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
- DARBY
- I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation.
- BLB
- I go about darkened, not by the sun; I rise up in the assembly [and] cry out.
- ÅB
- Sort går jeg omkring, men ikke av solens hete; midt iblant folk reiser jeg meg og roper om hjelp.
- OTB
- Jeg vandrer omkring i sorg uten trøst;
jeg står opp i forsamlingen og ber om hjelp. - B1930
- Sort går jeg omkring, men ikke av solens hete; midt iblandt folk reiser jeg mig og roper om hjelp.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 42:9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Read in contextPsalms 43:2
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Read in contextPsalms 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Read in contextJob 19:7
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Read in contextLamentations 3:1–3
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:3–4
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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