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Job 30:31

Job 30:31 is verse 31 of Job chapter 30, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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

Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

Job 30:29–31 · Berean Standard Bible

29 I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

30 My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

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

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Psalms 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Psalms 137:2
There on the willows we hung our harps,

Psalms 137:3
for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

Psalms 137:4
How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

Isaiah 21:4
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.

Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Isaiah 24:7
The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

Isaiah 24:8
The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

Isaiah 24:9
They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.

Lamentations 5:15
Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

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.