Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one,
New American Standard Bible
And its furrows weep together;
King James Version
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Holman Bible
and its furrows join in weeping,
A Conservative Version
If my land cries out against me, and the furrows of it weep together;
American Standard Version
If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;
Amplified
“For if my land has cried out against me,
And its furrows weep together;
Bible in Basic English
If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;
Darby Translation
If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;
Julia Smith Translation
If my land shall cry against me, and its, furrows shall weep together;
King James 2000
If my land cries against me, and its furrows likewise complain;
Lexham Expanded Bible
If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together,
Modern King James verseion
If my lands cry against me, or its furrows weep together;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But if cause be that my land cry against me, or that the furrows thereof make any complaint;
NET Bible
"If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,
New Heart English Bible
If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
The Emphasized Bible
If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;
Webster
If my land crieth against me, or its furrows likewise complain;
World English Bible
If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
Youngs Literal Translation
If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,
Themes
Interlinear
Za`aq
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
37 I'll give an account for every step I've taken; I'll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief." 38 "If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one, 39 If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners;
Names
Cross References
Job 20:27
Heaven will reveal his iniquity, while the earth will rise up against him.
Psalm 65:13
The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are covered with grain. They shout for joy; yes, they burst out in song! To the Director: A song. A Psalm.
Habakkuk 2:11
Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall and the rafter will respond from the woodwork."
James 5:4
Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.