Job 31:40 Parallel Translations

then let it grow thistles instead of wheat, and foul-smelling weeds instead of barley." This is the end of Job's words.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle 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.

BBE:

Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.

DBY:

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

ERV:

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

JPS:

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

WBS:

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

WEB:

let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

YLT:

Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.

Job 31:40 Cross References

XREF:

Job 32:13 "Do not say, 'We have found wisdom; God will rout him, not man.'

Isaiah 5:6 "I will lay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The {f} words of Job are ended.
(f) That is, the talk which he had with his three friends.

MHC:

31:33-40 Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. We are loth to confess our faults, willing to excuse them, and to lay the blame upon others. But he that thus covers his sins, shall not prosper, Pr 28:13. He speaks of his courage in what is good, as an evidence of his sincerity in it. When men get estates unjustly, they are justly deprived of comfort from them; it was sown wheat, but shall come up thistles. What men do not come honestly by, will never do them any good. The words of Job are ended. They end with a bold assertion, that, with respect to accusation against his moral and religious character as the cause for his sufferings, he could appeal to God. But, however confident Job was, we shall see he was mistaken, chap. 40:4,5; 1Jo 1:8. Let us all judge ourselves; wherein we are guilty, let us seek forgiveness in that blood which cleanseth from all sin; and may the Lord have mercy upon us, and write his laws in our hearts!

CONC:

Barley Briars Cockle Ended Evil-smelling Finished Forth Foul Grain Grow Instead Job Noisome Plants Stinkweed Tares Thistles Thorn Thorns Useless Weed Weeds Wheat

Barley Briars Briers Ended Evil-Smelling Finished Forth Foul Grain Grow Instead Job Noisome Plants Thistles Thorn Thorns Useless Weed Weeds Wheat Words

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