Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
then let thistles grow instead of my wheat, and thorns for my barley."
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.
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.
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.
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 have eaten the fruits thereof unpaid for, yea if I have grieved any of the plowmen; 40 then let thistles grow instead of my wheat, and thorns for my barley."
Names
Cross References
Genesis 3:17-18
And unto Adam he said, "Forasmuch as thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying 'See thou eat not thereof' cursed be the earth for thy sake. In sorrow shalt thou eat thereof all days of thy life:
Psalm 72:20
Here end the prayers of David, the son of Jesse.
Isaiah 7:23
At the same time all vineyards - though there be a thousand vines in one, and were sold for a thousand silverlings - shall be turned to briers and thorns.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as truly as I live, sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and Ammon as Gomorrah: even dry thorn hedges, salt pits and perpetual wilderness. The residue of my folk shall spoil them, the remnant of my people shall have them in possession.
Malachi 1:3
and hated Esau: Yea I have made his hills waste, and his heritage a wilderness for dragons."