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Job 21:12 King James They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
take--rather, "lift up the voice" (sing) to the note of [UMBREIT].

timbrel--rather, "tambourine."

organ--not the modern "organ," but the "pipe" (Gen 4:21). The first clause refers to stringed, the latter, to wind instruments; thus, with "the voice" all kinds of music are enumerated.
 
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21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
12 And 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.
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.