Job 30:31
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My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.

Psalm 137:1-4 Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion: . . .

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 failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.

Isaiah 22:12 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Isaiah 24:7-9 The vintage hath mourned, the vine hath languished away, all the merry have sighed. . . .

Lamentations 5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased, our dancing is turned into mourning.

Daniel 6:18 And the king went away to his house, and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not set before him, and even sleep departed from him.

Context
Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity
30My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat. 31My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.
Cross References
Job 30:28
I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.

Psalm 137:2
On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of timbrels hath ceased, the noise of them that rejoice is ended, the melody of the harp is silent.

Lexicon
My harp
כִּנֹּרִ֑י (kin·nō·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3658: A harp

is tuned
וַיְהִ֣י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to mourning
לְ֭אֵבֶל (lə·’ê·ḇel)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 60: Lamentation

and my flute
וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י (wə·‘u·ḡā·ḇî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5748: (a reed musical instrument) perhaps a flute

to the sound
לְק֣וֹל (lə·qō·wl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound

of weeping.
בֹּכִֽים׃ (bō·ḵîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1058: To weep, to bemoan


Additional Translations
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 is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping.

My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.

Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

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.

And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.
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