Job 30:29
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
KJV
Frater fui draconum, et socius struthionum.
Vulgate
ἀδελφὸς γέγονα σειρήνων, ἑταῖρος δὲ στρουθῶν.
LXX
I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
ASV
אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְ/תַנִּ֑ים וְ֝/רֵ֗עַ לִ/בְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
ו
v
noun · 629×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַעֲנָֽה
y'nh
noun · 8×
תַנִּֽין
tnyn
noun · 26×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
- Mic 1:8 — Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
- Ps 44:19 — Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- Ps 102:6 — I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
- Ps 102:6 — I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.