Job 31

Job · Chapter 31

Job 31:40

1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;6Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.31If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.32The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
in place ofתַּ֤חַתTA-chatH8478H
underneath: under

תַּחַת (ta.chat) : under/below 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj …

wheatחִטָּ֨ה׀chi-TAHH2406
wheat

חִטָּה (chit.tah) 1) wheat 1a) wheat (plant) 1b) wheat flour Aramaic equivalent: chin.tah (חִנְטָה "wheat" H2591)

let it come forthיֵ֥צֵאYE-tze'H3318L
to come out: come

יָצָא (ya.tsa) : come/go_out/escape 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

thorn[s]ח֗וֹחַCHO-achH2336
thistle

חוֹחַ (cho.ach) 1) thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket 2) hook, ring, fetter Also means: cha.vach (חָוָח "thicket" H2337)

and in place ofוְתַֽחַת־ve-ta-chat-H8478H
underneath: under

תַּחַת (ta.chat) : under/below 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj …

barleyשְׂעֹרָ֥הse-'o-RAHH8184
barley

שְׂעֹרָה (se.o.rah) 1) barley 1a) barley (of the plant) 1b) barley (of the meal or grain)

foul weed[s]בָאְשָׁ֑הva-'e-SHAHH0890
foul weed

בׇּאְשָׁה (bo.shah) stinking things, stinking or noxious weeds, stinkweed

they are finishedתַּ֝֗מּוּTA-muH8552
to finish

תָּמַם (ta.mam) 1) to be complete, be finished, be at an end 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be finished, be completed 1a1a) completely, wholly, entirely (as auxiliary with verb) 1a2) to be finished, come to an end, cease 1a3) to be complete (of number) 1a4) to be consumed, be exhausted, be spent 1a5) to be finished, be consumed, be destroyed 1a6) to be complete, be sound, be unimpaired, be upright (ethically) 1a7) to complete, finish 1a8) to be completely crossed over 1b) (Niphal) to be consumed 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to finish, complete, perfect 1c2) to finish, cease doing, leave off doing 1c3) to complete, sum up, make whole …

[the] words ofדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv-REIH1697G
word

דָּבָר (da.var) : word/speech/command 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

Jobאִיּֽוֹב׃ פ'i-YOVH0347
Job

אִיּוֹב (iy.yov) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Job.1.1 Also named: Iōb (Ἰώβ "Job" G2492) § Job = "hated" a patriarch, the subject of the book of Job

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.