Job Chapter 21 verse 12 Holy Bible
They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.
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They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
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They lift `themselves' up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. The "timbrel" (תפ) is probably the tambourine, an instrument used from a remote antiquity by the Orientals. It consisted of a round hoop of wood, into which were sometimes inserted jingling rings of metal, and upon which was stretched at one end a sheet of parchment. It is represented on the monuments both of Egypt and Phoenicia ('Hist. of Egypt,' vol. 1. p. 522; 'Hist. of Phoenicia,' pp. 219, 223). The harp (כִנּור) was, in the early times, a very simple instrument, consisting of a framework of wood, across which were stretched from four to seven strings, which were of catgut and of different lengths, and were sounded either with the hand or with a plectrum. The "organ" (עוּנָב) was, of course, not an organ in the modern sense of the word. It was either a pan's pipe, which is a very primitive instrument, or more probably a double reed blown from the end, like a flageolet, examples of which are found in the remains both of Egypt and Phoenicia ('Hist. of Egypt,' vol. 1. p. 524; 'Hist. of Phoenicia,' l.s c.).