Job 30:29

Dragons and owls are, according to some moderns, jackals and ostriches.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am a brother to dragons - That is, my loud complaints and cries resemble the doleful screams of wild animals, or of the most frightful monsters...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I am a brother to (u) dragons, and a companion to owls. (u) I am like the wild beasts that desire solitary places.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 30. Job's Present Misery. As the text stands at present, Job begins by complaining that the very abjects of society now despise him. Many schol...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. I am a brother to dragons - By my mournful and continual cry I resemble תנים tannim, the jackals...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I am a brother to dragons, &c.— I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches. See Bochart Hieroz. lib. 2: cap. 14. The jackal an...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. Dragons ... owls - rather, jackals, ostriches, both of which utter dismal screams ( Micah...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Present Misery Job bitterly contrasts his present with his past condition, as described in Job 29 . It must be borne in mind that Job was n...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dragons] RV 'jackals.' Owls ] lit. 'daughters of screeching.' These are animals associated with desolate places: cp. Isaiah 13:21 ; Isaiah 13:2...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1-25 ; Job 30:1-31 ; Job 31:1-40 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become in...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Immediately Job passed to the description of his present condition, which is all the more startling as it stands in contrast with what he had said co...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. (20) I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regard...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. Or ostriches, as the Targum, Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions; either he...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. Ver. 29. I am a brother to dragons, &c. ] i.e. I utter a very lamentable voice, or rathe...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am a brother By imitation of their cries; to dragons Which howl and wail mournfully in the deserts, ( Micah 1:8 ,) either through hunger and th...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MOCKED BY HIS INFERIORS (vv.1-8) What a contrast was Job's condition now! Prominent men of dignity had once shown Job every respect, but now you...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job Complains of His Affliction. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A brother, to wit, by imitation of their cries: persons of like qualities are oft called brethren, as Genesis 49:5 Proverbs 18:9 . To dragons...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE CONTRAST.—JOB’S SOLILOQUY, CONTINUED With his former state of happiness and honour Job now contrasts his present misery and degradation. His...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 30:1 . The dogs of my flock. Job does not say this through pride, for he owns that the slave and himself were formed by the same hand: Job 31...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 30:1-18 The contrast is now completed. Having drawn the portrait of himself as he was, rich, honoured, blessed with children...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Unspeakable Misery and Disappointment with which Job Battled
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I am a brother to dragons, to the jackals of the desert in appearance, and a companion to owls, to the ostriches of the wilderness.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 13:21 ; Isaiah 13:22 ; Isaiah 38:14 ; Job 17:14 ; Malachi 1:3 ; Micah 1:8 ; Psalms 102:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A brother — By imitation of their cries: persons of like qualities are often called brethren. Dragon — Which howl and wail mournfully in the desert...

²⁹ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.h

Related Commentaries of Job 30:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 30:29