Job 31:38
36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
- KJV
- If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
- WEB
- If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
- ASV
- If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;
- DARBY
- If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;
- BLB
- If my land cries out against me, and together its furrows weep;
- ÅB
- Dersom min åker skriker over meg, og alle dens furer gråter,
- OTB
- Hvis mitt land roper mot meg,
Og dets furer slutter seg til klagen, - B1930
- Dersom min aker skriker over mig, og alle dens furer gråter,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Habakkuk 2:11
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Read in contextPsalms 65:13
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Read in contextJames 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Read in contextJob 20:27
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
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