My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Job 30:31 stands in the oldest book of the Bible, which is also the oldest poetical book that has come down. It falls within chapters 4 to 31, which form the debate between Job and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions. That debate is constructed of three circles of speeches on the part of each disputant.
The verse belongs to Job's poetic account of his suffering. Its meaning is that his music has become an expression of grief. His harp is turned to mourning and his organ into the voice of them that weep.
Job 30:31 stands in the oldest book of the Bible, which is also the oldest poetical book that has come down. It falls within chapters 4 to 31, which form the debate between Job and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions. That debate is constructed of three circles of speeches on the part of each disputant.
The verse belongs to Job's poetic account of his suffering. Its meaning is that his music has become an expression of grief. His harp is turned to mourning and his organ into the voice of them that weep.