My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. Treasury of Scripture Psalm 137:1-4 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion... 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 panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear to me. Isaiah 22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: Isaiah 24:7-9 The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry hearted do sigh... Lamentations 5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. Daniel 6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him...
Context Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity
15Terrors are turned on me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud. 16And now my soul is poured out on me; the days of affliction have taken hold on me. 17My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. 18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it binds me about as the collar of my coat. 19He has cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20I cry to you, and you do not hear me: I stand up, and you regard me not. 21You are become cruel to me: with your strong hand you oppose yourself against me. 22You lift me up to the wind; you cause me to ride on it, and dissolve my substance. 23For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. 24However, he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. 25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? 26When I looked for good, then evil came to me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. 27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. 28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. 29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. 30My skin is black on me, and my bones are burned with heat. 31My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
Douay-Rheims Bible
My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.
Darby Bible Translation
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.
King James Bible
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Young's Literal Translation
And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.
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