The Meaning of Job 30:31 Explained

Job 30:31

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 30:31 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Job 30

1  Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt
15  and his prosperity into calamity

What do the individual words in Job 30:31 mean?

And is [turned] to mourning My harp and my flute to the voice of those who weep
וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים

וַיְהִ֣י  And  is  [turned] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְ֭אֵבֶל  to  mourning 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵבֶל  
Sense: mourning.
כִּנֹּרִ֑י  My  harp 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: כִּנּׄור  
Sense: lyre, harp.
וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י  and  my  flute 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עוּגָב  
Sense: a musical instrument.
לְק֣וֹל  to  the  voice 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
בֹּכִֽים  of  those  who  weep 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: בָּכָה  
Sense: to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears.