Job 31:38

What does Job 31:38 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 31:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;

Context

v.37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.

v.38This passage

v.39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Habakkuk 2:11

    For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

  • Psalms 65:13

    The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.

  • Job 20:27

    The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

  • James 5:4

    Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

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