Passage

Job 30.28-31

Book: Job · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"26. When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness. 27. My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me."

"28. I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. 29. I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches. 30. My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones are burned with heat. 31. Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep." (Job 30:26-31, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"26. When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness. 27. My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me."

"28. I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. 29. I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches. 30. My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat. 31. Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep." (Job 30:26-31, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"26. When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. 27. My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me."

"28. I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. 29. I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. ^{owls: or, ostriches} 30. My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. 31. My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep." (Job 30:26-31, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"26. When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh. 27. My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Gone before me have days of affliction."

"28. Mourning I have gone without the sun, I have risen, in an assembly I cry. 29. A brother I have been to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich. 30. My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat, 31. And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping." (Job 30:26-31, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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