KJV King James Version
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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Job 21:12
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
WEB World English Bible
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
ASV American Standard Version
They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
They lift themselves up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
Surrounding context — Job 21
9 Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15 What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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Amos 6:4-6That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;Genesis 4:21And his brother’s name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.Isaiah 5:12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.Genesis 31:27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?Isaiah 22:13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
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