Ayub 30:29

30:29 I have become a brother to jackals

and a companion of ostriches. ¹ 

Ayub 30:31

30:31 My harp is used for ²  mourning

and my flute for the sound of weeping.

Ayub 34:28

34:28 so that they caused ³  the cry of the poor

to come before him,

so that he hears ⁴  the cry of the needy.

[30:29]  ¹ sn The point of this figure is that Job’s cries of lament are like the howls and screeches of these animals, not that he lives with them. In Job 39:13 the female ostrich is called “the wailer.”

[30:31]  ² tn The verb הָיָה (hayah, “to be”) followed by the preposition ל (lamed) means “to serve the purpose of” (see Gen 1:14ff., 17:7, etc.).

[34:28]  ³ tn The verse begins with the infinitive construct of בּוֹא (bo’, “go”), showing the result of their impious actions.

[34:28]  ⁴ tn The verb here is an imperfect; the clause is circumstantial to the preceding clause, showing either the result, or the concomitant action.