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Job 30:31

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30:31My harp is used for63 mourning

and my flute for the sound of weeping.

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Footnotes

  1. 63 The verb הָיָה (hayah, “to be”) followed by the preposition ל (lamed) means “to serve the purpose of” (see Gen 1:14ff., 17:7, etc.).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My lyre is turned to mourning,

and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My lyre is tuned to mourning,

and my pipe to the sound of wailing.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My lyre is used for mourning

and my flute for the sound of weeping.

NLTNew Living Translation

My harp plays sad music,

and my flute accompanies those who weep.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So my lyre came to be used for mourning,

and my flute for the voice of those who weep.

KJV 1900King James Version

My harp also is turned to mourning,

And my organ into the voice of them that weep.