KJV King James Version
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
WEB World English Bible
let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
ASV American Standard Version
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.
Surrounding context — Job 31
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
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:
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
תַּ֤חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underחִטָּ֨ה׀H2406 · chit.tahwheatיֵ֥צֵאH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeח֗וֹחַH2336 · cho.achthistleוְתַֽחַת־H8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underשְׂעֹרָ֥הH8184 · se.o.rahbarleyבָאְשָׁ֑הH890 · bo.shahfoul weedתַּ֝֗מּוּH8552 · ta.mamto finishדִּבְרֵ֥יH1697 · da.varwordאִיּֽוֹב׃ פH347 · iy.yovJob
Cross-references
Zephaniah 2:9Therefore [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.Malachi 1:3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.Isaiah 7:23And 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.Psalm 72:20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.Genesis 3:17-18And 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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