King James Version

Job 30:31

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

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וַיְהִ֣יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְ֭אֵבֶלleevelto mourningאֵבֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to mourning”, the ordinary formH60lamentationmourning.כִּנֹּרִ֑יkinoriharpכִּנּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “harp”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3658a harpharp.וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗יveugaviand organעוּגָבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and organ”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5748a reed-instrument of musicorgan.לְק֣וֹלleqolto soundקוֹלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.בֹּכִֽיםbokhimweepבָּכָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “weep”, a verb used as a describing wordH1058to weep; generally to bemoan[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

Young’s Literal Translation

And my harp doth become mourning, And my organ the sound of weeping.

World English Bible

Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

Darby Translation

My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.

Douay-Rheims

My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπέβη δὲ εἰς πένθος μου ἡ κιθάρα, ὁ δὲ ψαλμός μου εἰς κλαυθμὸν ἐμοί.