Job 31:39 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

If I have eaten its produce without paying for it and made its owners breathe their last,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

ASV:

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

BBE:

If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;

DBY:

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

ERV:

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

JPS:

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed--

WBS:

If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life:

WEB:

if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

YLT:

If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,

Job 31:39 Cross References

XREF:

1 Kings 21:19 "You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you murdered and also taken possession?"' And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'"

Job 24:6 "They harvest their fodder in the field And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

Job 24:10 "They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing, And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

James 5:4 Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused {e} the owners thereof to lose their life:
(e) Meaning, that he was not a briber or extortioner.

WES:

31:39 Without money - Either without paying the price for the land, or by defrauding my workmen of their wages. Life - Killing them that I might have undisturbed possession of it, as Ahab did Naboth.

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:

Breathe Broken Caused Causing Consumed Death Devoured Disappointed Eaten Fruit Fruits Lose Money Owners Payment Possessors Produce Souls Spirit Strength Tenants Thereof Tillers Tormented Yield

Breathe Broken Caused Causing Consumed Death Devoured Disappointed Eaten Fruit Fruits Lose Money Owners Payment Produce Souls Spirit Strength Tenants Thereof Tillers Tormented Yield

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