Hiob 30:29

29 Ich bin ein Bruder geworden den Schakalen, und ein Genosse den Straußen.

Hiob 30:29 Meaning and Commentary

Job 30:29

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 was obliged to dwell with such persons as were comparable to these creatures for their devouring words, hissing noise, and venomous speeches, or for want of compassion, and for their cruelty, as David is said to be among lions, ( Psalms 57:4 ) ; or also, he was like unto them, being solitary and alone, all his friends and acquaintance standing at a distance from him, as these creatures love lonesome and desolate places; or because of the wailing and howling noise they make, to which his mournful notes bore some resemblance, (See Gill on Micah 1:8); or because, when these creatures cry and howl, and make a noise, no mercy is shown to them, none pities or regards them; and so it was with him; though he stood and cried in ever so public a manner, none had any compassion on him.

Hiob 30:29 In-Context

27 Meine Eingeweide wallen und ruhen nicht; Tage des Elends sind mir entgegengetreten.

28 Trauernd gehe ich einher, ohne Sonne; ich stehe auf in der Versammlung und schreie.

29 Ich bin ein Bruder geworden den Schakalen, und ein Genosse den Straußen.

30 Meine Haut ist schwarz geworden und löst sich von mir ab, und mein Gebein ist brennend vor Glut.

31 Und so ist meine Laute zur Trauerklage geworden, und meine Schalmei zur Stimme der Weinenden.