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Job 31:35-40
New International Version
Job 31:35-40
New International Version
35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(A)
I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
let my accuser(B) put his indictment in writing.
36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,(C)
I would put it on like a crown.(D)
37 I would give him an account of my every step;(E)
I would present it to him as to a ruler.(F))—
38 “if my land cries out against me(G)
and all its furrows are wet(H) with tears,
39 if I have devoured its yield without payment(I)
or broken the spirit of its tenants,(J)
40 then let briers(K) come up instead of wheat
and stinkweed(L) instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.(M)
Job 31:35-40
King James Version
Job 31:35-40
King James Version
35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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