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Job 31:38–39

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38–40“If the very ground that I farm accuses me,

if even the furrows fill with tears from my abuse,

If I’ve ever raped the earth for my own profit

or dispossessed its rightful owners,

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“If my land has cried out against me

and its furrows have wept together,

if I have eaten its yield without payment

and made its owners breathe their last,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“if my land cries out against me

and all its furrows are wet with tears,

if I have devoured its yield without payment

or broken the spirit of its tenants,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If my land cries out against me

and its furrows join in weeping,

if I have consumed its produce without payment

or shown contempt for its tenants,

NLTNew Living Translation

“If my land accuses me

and all its furrows cry out together,

or if I have stolen its crops

or murdered its owners,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If my land has cried out against me,

and its furrows have wept together,

if I have eaten its yield without payment,

or I have caused the breath of its owners to die,

KJV 1900King James Version

If my land cry against me,

Or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money,

Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: