King James Version
Job 30:28 in the King James Version says “I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.” — study this verse from Job chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.”
Job 30:28 · KJV
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls . owls: or, ostriches
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“mourning”
H6937to be ashy, i.e., dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
“I went”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“I stood up”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“and I cried”
H7768properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e., freedom from some trouble)
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