Job 30:31 NIV,NKJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 30:15-31

In this second part of Job's complaint, which is very bitter, and has a great many sorrowful accents in it, we may observe a great deal that he complains of and some little that he comforts himself with. I. Here is much that he complains of. 1. In general, it was a day of great affliction and sorrow. (1.) Affliction seized him, and surprised him. It seized him (Job 30:16): The days of affliction have taken hold upon me, have caught me (so some); they have arrested me, as the bailiff arrests... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 30:31

My harp also is turned to mourning ,.... Which he used, as David, either in religious worship, expressing praise to God thereby, or for his recreation in an innocent way; but now it was laid aside, and, instead of it, nothing was heard from him, or in his house, but the voice of mourning: and my organ into the voice of them that weep ; another instrument of music, which had its name from the pleasantness of its sound, and was of early use, being first invented by Jubal, Genesis 4:21 ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 30:31

My harp also is turned to mourning - Instead of the harp, my only music is my own plaintive cries. And my organ - What the עגב uggab was, we know not; it was most probably some sort of pipe or wind instrument. His harp, כנור kinnor , and his pipe, עגב uggab , were equally mute, or only used for mournful ditties. This chapter is full of the most painful and pathetic sorrow; but nevertheless tempered with a calmness and humiliation of spirit, which did not appear in Job's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:1-31

The contrast is now completed. Having drawn the portrait of himself as he was, rich, honoured, blessed with children, flourishing, in favour with both God and man, Job now presents himself to us as he is, despised of men (verses 1-10), afflicted of God (verse 11), a prey to vague terrors (verse 15), tortured with bodily pains (verses 17, 18), cast off by God (verses 19, 20), with nothing but death to look for (verses 23-31). The chapter is the most touching in the whole book. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:1-31

The troubles of the present. In contrast to the happy past of honour and respect on which he has been so wistfully dwelling in the previous chapter, Job sees himself now exposed to the scorn and contempt of the meanest of mankind; while a flood of miseries from the hand of God passes over him. From this last chapter we have learned the honour and authority with which it sometimes pleases God to crown the pious and the faithful. From the present we see how at other times he crucifies and puts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:1-31

A sorrowful contrast. Job's condition has become one of sorrowfulness, the humiliation of which stands in direct contrast to his former state. He graphically expresses it in a few words: "But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock." The picture of sorrowful humiliation, standing in contrast, to previous honour, wealth, and power, is very striking. It is a typical example, showing to what depths the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:16-31

Job's second parable: 3. A sorrowful survey of present misery. I. JOB 'S BODILY AFFLICTION . 1 . Overpowering. It was no trifling ailment that wrung from the heart of this fallen great man the exquisitely plaintive lament of the present section. The malady which had struck its fangs into his vitals was one that made his bowels boil, and rest not (verse 27); that caused his heart to melt like wax in the midst of his bowels ( Psalms 22:14 ); yea, that dissolved his soul in tears... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

My harp also is turned to mourning . The result of all is that Job's harp is laid aside, either literally or figuratively. Its music is replaced by the sound of mourning (see verses 28, 29). And my organ (or rather, my pipe ) into the voice of them that weep . The pipe also is no longer sounded in his presence; he hears only the voice of weeping and lamentation. Thus appropriately ends the long dirge in which he has bewailed his miserable fare. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

The harp turned to mourning. This is disappointing and incongruous. The harp is not like the pipes used at Oriental funerals for lamentation. It is an instrument for joyous music. Yet Job's harp is turned to mourning. I. MAN HAS A NATURAL FACULTY OF JOY . Job had his harp, or that in him of which the harp was symbolical. Some people are of a more melancholy disposition than others, but nobody is so constituted as to be incapable of experiencing gladness. We rightly regard... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:31

My harp also is turned to mourning - What formerly gave cheerful sounds, now gives only notes of plaintiveness and lamentation. The harp was probably an instrument originally designed to give sounds of joy. For a description of it, see the notes at Isaiah 5:12.And my organ - The form of what is here called the organ, is not certainly known. The word עגב ‛ûgâb is doubtless from עגב ‛âgab, “to breathe, to blow”; and most probably the instrument hero intended was the pipe. For a description of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 30:15-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 30:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 30:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:16-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:31

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