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Job 30:29

Job 30:29
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls .

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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. The word “brother” is often used in this sense, to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 30:15-31

In this second part of Job's complaint, which is very bitter, and has a great many sorrowful accents in it, we may observe a great deal that he complains of and some little that he comforts himself…

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