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 If (A)I have eaten its [a]fruit without money,
Or (B)caused its owners to lose their lives;
40 Then let (C)thistles grow instead of wheat,
And weeds instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:39 Lit. strength

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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39 If I have (A)eaten its [a]fruit without money,
Or have (B)caused [b]its owners to lose their lives,
40 May the (C)thorn-bush [c]grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:39 Lit strength
  2. Job 31:39 Lit the soul of its owners to expire
  3. Job 31:40 Lit come forth