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Job 31:40

Job

38 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:

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
KJV
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
WEB
let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
ASV
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
DARBY
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
BLB
[then] in place of the wheat let a thorn come forth, and weeds in place of barley.” The words of Job have ended.
ÅB
gid det da må vokse torner på min åker istedenfor hvete og ugress istedenfor bygg! Her ender Jobs ord.
[^1]: 2MO 11, 5.
[^2]: enken, JBS 31, 16.
[^3]: så jeg gjorde meg skyldig i avgudsdyrkelse.
[^4]: mitt underskrevne innlegg i saken.
OTB
Måtte torner vokse i stedet for hvete,
Og ugress i stedet for bygg.»
Jobs ord er avsluttet.
B1930
gid det da må vokse torner på min aker istedenfor hvete og ugress istedenfor bygg! Her ender Jobs ord.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 3:17–18

    And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

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  • Malachi 1:3

    And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

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  • Psalms 72:20

    The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

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  • Isaiah 7:23

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

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  • Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

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