Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
I am a companion for [the] jackals and a companion for {ostriches}.
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.
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 go [about] in mourning garb, [but] not in sunlight; I stand up in the assembly, [and] I cry for help. 29 I am a companion for [the] jackals and a companion for {ostriches}. 30 My skin turns black on me, and my bones burn with heat.
Names
Cross References
Micah 1:8
On account of this I will lament and wail. I will go about barefoot and naked. I will make a lamentation like the jackals, and a mourning ceremony like the {ostriches}.
Psalm 102:6
I am like an owl of [the] wilderness; I am like a little owl of [the] ruins.
Job 17:14
[if] I call to the pit, 'You [are] my father,' to the maggot, '[You are] my mother or my sister,'
Psalm 44:19
But you have crushed us in a place of jackals, and have covered us with deep shadow.
Isaiah 13:21-22
But wild animals will lie down there, and their houses will be full [of] howling creatures, and the daughters of ostriches will live there, and goats will dance there.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a horse or a crane, so I chirp; I moan like dove. My eyes are weak toward the height. Lord, I have oppression; lend me support!
Malachi 1:3
but Esau I have hated. I have made his mountain ranges a desolation, and [given] his inheritance to the jackals of [the] desert."