VerseJohn Chrysostom, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 30:26-29 Read all of Job 30 →
Job 30:29
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“I have fallen, he says, into the animal condition of birds. I have not recognized my real nature anymore; my situation is not better than theirs.”
Original
29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
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27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
— Job 30:29 —
30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.