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38 If my land has cried out against me,
and its furrows have wept together,
39 if I have eaten its yield without payment,
or[a] I have caused the breath of its owners to die,
40 let thorns grow in place of wheat
and noxious weeds in place of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:39 Hebrew “and”

Abuse of the land

38 If my land has cried out against me,
    its rows wept together;
39 if I have eaten its yield without payment
        and caused its owners grief,
40     may briars grow instead of wheat,
        poisonous weeds instead of barley.

Job’s words are complete.

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