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Job Chapter 31 verse 40 Holy Bible

ASV Job 31:40

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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BBE Job 31:40

Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.
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DARBY Job 31:40

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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KJV Job 31:40

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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WBT Job 31:40

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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WEB Job 31:40

Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
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YLT Job 31:40

Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 40. - Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockles instead of barley. Then let me be appropriately punished by finding the land, whereof I have wrongfully become possessed, produce nothing but thistles (or thorns) and noxious weeds, such as cockles (Authorized Version) or hemlock (Professor Lee). The words of Job are ended. This may be regarded either as Job's own conclusion of his long speech, or as a remark of the author's. On the whole, the former view is to be preferred.

Ellicott's Commentary