Job 31:40
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Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
In other translations
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Psalm 72:20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
- Isaiah 7:23And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
- Malachi 1:3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
- Genesis 3:17-1817 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;17 And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. 18 Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
- Zephaniah 2:9Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
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