Parallel Verses
NET Bible
if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,
New American Standard Bible
Or have
King James Version
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Holman Bible
or shown contempt for its tenants,
International Standard Version
If I've consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners;
A Conservative Version
if I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused the owners of it to lose their lives,
American Standard Version
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Amplified
If I have eaten its fruits without paying for them,
Or have caused its [rightful] owners to lose their lives,
Bible in Basic English
If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;
Darby Translation
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:
Julia Smith Translation
If I ate its strength without silver, and caused its possessors to expire:
King James 2000
If I have eaten its fruit without payment, or have caused its owners to lose their life:
Lexham Expanded Bible
if I have eaten its yield without payment, or I have caused [the] breath of its owners to die,
Modern King James verseion
if I have eaten its strength without silver, or have caused its owner to expire,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
if I have eaten the fruits thereof unpaid for, yea if I have grieved any of the plowmen;
New Heart English Bible
if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
The Emphasized Bible
If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;
Webster
If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life:
World English Bible
if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
Youngs Literal Translation
If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
Themes
Interlinear
Koach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
38 "If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together, 39 if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners, 40 then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!" The words of Job are ended.
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 21:19
Say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "Haven't you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?"' Then say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will also lick up your blood -- yes, yours!"'"
James 5:4
Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Genesis 4:12
When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."
1 Kings 21:13-16
The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.
Proverbs 1:19
Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
Isaiah 26:21
For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.
Ezekiel 22:6
"'See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.
Ezekiel 22:12-13
They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.