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Job 31:38

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Job’s Final Solemn Oath73

31:38“If my land cried out against me74

and all its furrows wept together,

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Footnotes

  1. 73 Many commentators place vv. 38–40b at the end of v. 34, so that there is no return to these conditional clauses after his final appeal.
  2. 74 Some commentators have suggested that the meaning behind this is that Job might not have kept the year of release (Deut 15:1), and the law against mixing seed (Lev 19:19). But the context will make clear that the case considered is obtaining the land without paying for it and causing the death of its lawful owner (see H. H. Rowley, Job [], 206). Similar to this would be the case of Naboth’s vineyard.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“If my land has cried out against me

and its furrows have wept together,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“if my land cries out against me

and all its furrows are wet with tears,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If my land cries out against me

and its furrows join in weeping,

NLTNew Living Translation

“If my land accuses me

and all its furrows cry out together,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If my land has cried out against me,

and its furrows have wept together,

KJV 1900King James Version

If my land cry against me,

Or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;