Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And a companion of ostriches.
King James Version
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
Holman Bible
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].
Bible in Basic English
I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.
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.
Themes
the Dragon » Described as » Of solitary habits
Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
Ostriches » In av the word "owl" occurs, but in the rv, it is the word "ostrich,"
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 30:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Says: I Am Being Punished By God
28
I went about darkened, but not by the sun; I stood up and cried out in the congregation.
29
And a companion of ostriches.
Names
Cross References
Micah 1:8
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons and mourning as the owls.
Psalm 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.
Job 17:14
I have said to the pit, Thou art my father; to the worms, my mother, and my sister.
Psalm 44:19
though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death.
Isaiah 13:21-22
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures, and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I complain; I mourned as a dove; I raised my eyes upward, O LORD, I am suffering violence; comfort me.
Malachi 1:3
and I rejected Esau and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.