Job 31:40
What does Job 31:40 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 31:40 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Context
v.39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 72:20
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
- Isaiah 7:23
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.
- Malachi 1:3
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
- Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
- Genesis 3:17
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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
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