Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.
New American Standard Bible
And stinkweed instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
King James Version
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Holman Bible
and stinkweed
The words of Job are concluded.
A Conservative Version
let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
American Standard Version
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Amplified
Let thorns grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed and cockleburs instead of barley.”
So the words of Job [with his friends] are finished.
Bible in Basic English
Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.
Darby Translation
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Julia Smith Translation
The thorn shall come forth, instead of wheat, and the weed instead of barley. The words of Job were completed
King James 2000
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Lexham Expanded Bible
let thorns grow in place of wheat and noxious weeds in place of barley." The words of Job are ended.
Modern King James verseion
let thorns come forth instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
then let thistles grow instead of my wheat, and thorns for my barley."
NET Bible
then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!" The words of Job are ended.
New Heart English Bible
let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
The Emphasized Bible
Instead of wheat, let there come forth bramble, and, instead of barley, a bad-smelling weed! Ended are the words of Job.
Webster
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
World English Bible
let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
Youngs Literal Translation
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
39 If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners; 40 may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.
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Cross References
Genesis 3:17-18
He told the man, "Because you have listened to what your wife said, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, "You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground because of you. You'll eat from it through pain-filled labor for the rest of your life.
Psalm 72:20
This ends the prayers of Jesse's son David. A song of Asaph.
Isaiah 7:23
"At that time, every place where once there were a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briars and thorns will grow.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, "Moab will surely become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a place overrun by weeds and salty marshes, unpopulated forever. The survivors of my people will confiscate their property, and those who remain of my nation will inherit what was theirs.
Malachi 1:3
"Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD, "yet I loved Jacob, hated Esau, turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to desert jackals.