Verse List for JOB 31:40

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B I ◄ ← Job 31:40 ↓ ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) then let thornbushes grow up instead of wheat, ⇔ ≈ and let stinkweed grow up instead of barley.
¶  (That finishes Iyyov’s response.)

OET-LV In _place _of wheat let _it _come _forth thornbush[es] and_in _place _of barley foul _weed[s] the _words/messages _of they _are _finished of _ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job).

ULT may a thorn grow instead of wheat ⇔  and a weed instead of barley!”
¶  The words of Job have ended.

UST If I have cheated the people who farm my land, ⇔  then I wish that thorns would grow in my fields instead of wheat. ⇔  I wish that bad weeds would grow there instead of barley!” ⇔ After this, Job said nothing further to defend himself to his three friends.

BSB & MSB then let briers grow instead of wheat ⇔  and stinkweed instead of barley.”
§  Thus conclude the words of Job.

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB let briers grow instead of wheat, ⇔  and stinkweed instead of barley.”
¶  The words of Job are ended.

NET then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, ⇔ and in place of barley, weeds!”
¶  The words of Job are ended.

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

FBV then let thorns grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.”[fn] The words of Job are ended.

T4T then I wish/desire that thorns would grow in my fields instead of wheat. ⇔  May bad weeds grow instead of barley!” ⇔ That is the end of what Job said to his three friends.

LEB • let thorns grow in place of wheat
• and noxious weeds in place of barley.”
• The words of Job are ended.

BBE Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.

Moff may thorns grow up instead of wheat, ⇔  foul weeds for barley!

JPS Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

ASV Let thistles grow instead of wheat, ⇔ And cockle instead of barley.
¶  The words of Job are ended.

DRA Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.

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

Drby Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

RV Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

SLT The thorn shall come forth, instead of wheat, and the weed instead of barley. The words of Job were completed.

Wbstr Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

KJB-1769 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.[fn]

KJB-1611 Let thistles grow in stead of wheat, and [fn]cockle in stead of barley. The words of Iob are ended.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate, and cockle for my barlye.
(Then let thystles grow instead of my wheat, and cockle for my barley.)

Gnva Let thistles growe in steade of wheate, and cockle in the stead of Barley. The wordes of Iob are ended.
(Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle in the stead of Barley. The words of Yob are ended.)

Cvdl Than, let thistles growe in steade of my wheate, & thornes for my barlye.Here ende the wordes of Iob.
(Than, let thistles grow instead of my wheat, and thorns for my barley.Here end the words of Yob.)

Wycl a brere growe to me for wheete, and a thorn for barli.
(a brere grow to me for wheat, and a thorn for barley.)

Luth so wachsen mir Disteln für Weizen und Dornen für Gerste. Die Worte Hiobs haben ein Ende.
(so grow to_me thistles for/in_favour_of wheat and thorns for/in_favour_of barley. The words Hiobs have a end(n).)

ClVg pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina.] Finita sunt verba Job.[fn]
(for frumento it_rises to_me tribulus, and for hordeo thorn.] Finita are words Yob.)

UHB תַּ֤חַת חִטָּ֨ה ׀ יֵ֥צֵא ח֗וֹחַ וְ⁠תַֽחַת־שְׂעֹרָ֥ה בָאְשָׁ֑ה תַּ֝֗מּוּ דִּבְרֵ֥י אִיּֽוֹב׃פ ‡

BrLXX Ἀντὶ πυροῦ ἄρα ἐξέλθοι μοι κνίδη, ἀντὶ δὲ κριθῆς βάτος. Καὶ ἐπαύσατο Ἰὼβ ῥήμασιν.

BrTr then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.