Job 21:12

“They take the timbrel and harp, etc.] Not the children, but the parents of them; these took these instruments of music into their hands, and played upon them while their children danced; thus merrily they spent their time: or, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, they lift up the voice with the tabret and harp; that is, while they played on these with their hands, they sung songs with their mouths; they used both vocal and instrumental music together, to make the greater harmony, and give the greater pleasure, like those in (<300605>Amos 6:5,6); and rejoice at the sound of the organ; a musical instrument, very pleasant and entertaining, from whence it has its name in the Hebrew tongue; but of what form…”

“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.”

“They take the timbrel - They have instruments of cheerful music in their dwellings; and this is an evidence that they are not treated as the friends of Job had maintained. Instead of being, as they asserted, overwhelmed with calamity, they are actually happy. They have all that can make them cheerful, and their houses exhibit all that is usually the emblem of contentment and peace. Rosenmuller and Noyes suppose this to mean, “They sing to the timbrel and harp;” that is, “they raise up” (ישׂאו yı̂s'û) “the voice” to accompany the timbrel. Dr. Good renders it, “They rise up to the tabor and harp, and trip merrily to the sound of the pipe.” So Wemyss. It is literally, “They rise up with the…”

“Gen 4:21, Gen 31:27; Isa 5:12, Isa 22:13; Amo 6:4-6 Job 21:13”

“12 They raise their voice with the playing of timbrel aud harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe 13 They enjoy their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sehol. 14 And yet they said to God: "Depart from us! We desire not the knowledge of Thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? - And what doth it profit us that we should importune Him?" - 16 Lo! they have not their prosperity by their own hand, The thought of the wicked be far from me! קולם is to be supplied to ישׂאוּ in Isa 42:11, and instead of בּתף with בּ of the musical accompaniment (as Psa 4:1, Psa 49:5), it is to be read כּתף after the Masora with Kimchi, Ramban, Ralbag, and Farisol, (Note: The…”