Parallel Verses
Amplified
“I am a brother to [howling] jackals,
And a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].
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.
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 go about mourning without comfort [my skin blackened by disease, not by the heat of the sun];
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
“I am a brother to [howling] jackals,
And a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].
“My skin falls from me in blackened flakes,
And my bones are burned with fever.
Names
Cross References
Micah 1:8
Because of this I [Micah] must lament (mourn over with expressions of grief) and wail,
I must go barefoot and naked [without outer garments as if robbed];
I must wail like the jackals
And lament [with a loud, mournful cry] like the ostriches.
Psalm 102:6
I am like a [mournful]
I am like a [desolate] owl of the wasteland.
Job 17:14
If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;
And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’
Psalm 44:19
Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackals
And covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death.
Isaiah 13:21-22
But desert creatures will lie down there,
And their houses will be full of owls;
Ostriches also will live there, and
Isaiah 38:14
“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirp;
I coo like a dove.
My eyes look wistfully upward;
O Lord, I am oppressed, take my side and be my security.
Malachi 1:3
but [in comparison with My love for Jacob] I have hated Esau (Edom), and I have made his mountains a wasteland, and have given his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.”