Key Verse Spotlight

Job 31:40 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œLet thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. {cockle: or, noisome weeds}”

Job 31:40

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38

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; {complain: Heb. weep}

39

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: {fruits: Heb. strength} {the owners...: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out}

40

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. {cockle: or, noisome weeds}

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