39 if I have consumed its produce without payment
or shown contempt for its tenants,[a]
40 then let thorns(A) grow instead of wheat
and stinkweed(B) instead of barley.

The words of Job are concluded.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:39 Lit or caused the breath of its tenants to breathe out

39 if I have devoured its yield without payment(A)
    or broken the spirit of its tenants,(B)
40 then let briers(C) come up instead of wheat
    and stinkweed(D) instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.(E)

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39 (A)if I have eaten its yield without payment
    and made its owners (B)breathe their last,
40 let (C)thorns grow instead of wheat,
    and foul weeds instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.

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