30:29. I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.
Brother of dragons, etc… Imitating these creatures in their lamentable noise.
30:30. My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.
30:31. My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.
Job Chapter 31
Job, to defend himself from the unjust judgments of his friends, gives a sincere account of his own virtues.
31:1. I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
31:2. For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
31:3. Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
31:4. Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?