Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
I was a brother to jackals, and a companion to the daughters of the ostrich.
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.
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 darkened without warmth: I rose up, I shall cry in the convocation. 29 I was a brother to jackals, and a companion to the daughters of the ostrich. 30 My skin was black from above me, and my bones burnt from heat
Names
Cross References
Micah 1:8
For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked: I will make wailing as jackals, and mourning as the daughters of the ostrich.
Psalm 102:6
I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.
Job 17:14
I called to the pit: Grave, thou my father: and to the worm, My mother, and my sister.
Psalm 44:19
For thou didst crush us in the place of jackals, and thou wilt cover over us with the shadow of death.
Isaiah 13:21-22
And inhabitants of the desert reclined there, and their houses were filled with howlings, and the daughters of the ostrich dwelt there, and he goats shall leap there.
Isaiah 38:14
As the twittering swallow so shall I chirp: I shall murmur as the dove: mine eyes languished for height: O Jehovah, oppression is to me; be surety for me.
Malachi 1:3
And I hated Esau, and I will set his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance for the jackals of the desert