Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.

New American Standard Bible

“I have become a brother to jackals
And a companion of ostriches.

King James Version

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

Holman Bible

I have become a brother to jackals
and a companion of ostriches.

International Standard Version

I've become a brother to jackals, and a friend to ostriches.

A Conservative Version

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

American Standard Version

I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.

Amplified


“I am a brother to [howling] jackals,
And a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].

Darby Translation

I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.

Julia Smith Translation

I was a brother to jackals, and a companion to the daughters of the ostrich.

King James 2000

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I am a companion for [the] jackals and a companion for {ostriches}.

Modern King James verseion

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to daughters of the ostrich.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But now I am a companion of dragons, and a fellow of ostriches.

NET Bible

I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.

New Heart English Bible

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

The Emphasized Bible

A brother, became I to the brutes that howl, and a companion to the birds that screech:

Webster

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

World English Bible

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

Youngs Literal Translation

A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I am a brother
אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

to dragons
תּנּים תּנּין 
Tanniyn 
Usage: 23

and a companion
ריע רע 
Rea` 
Usage: 187

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Job Says: I Am Being Punished By God

28 I go about in dark clothing, uncomforted; I get up in the public place, crying out for help. 29 I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches. 30 My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.

Cross References

Micah 1:8

For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.

Job 17:14

If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;

Psalm 44:19

Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

Isaiah 13:21-22

But the beasts of the waste land will have their holes there; and the houses will be full of crying jackals, and ostriches will have their place there, and evil spirits will be dancing there.

Isaiah 38:14

I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

Malachi 1:3

And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.

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