Job 30:29 “I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.”

Job 30:29

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I am a brother to the dragons, and a companion to the ostriches.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“a brother”

Micah 1:8 Psalm 102:6 Job 17:14 Malachi 1:3 Isaiah 38:14 Isaiah 13:21

Micah 1:8 · BSB

Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.

Psalm 102:6 · BSB

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

Job 17:14 · BSB

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Malachi 1:3 · BSB

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals. ”

Isaiah 38:14 · BSB

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

Isaiah 13:21 · BSB

But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.

Also

Psalm 44:19

Psalm 44:19 · BSB

But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

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