If I ever did that, then may my arm\par be pulled from its socket\par and fall from my shoulder!\par
Job 31:40 - Easy To Read Version If I ever did any of those bad things,\par then let thorns and weeds\par grow in my fields\par instead of wheat and barley {\cf2\super [68]} !”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let thistles grow instead of wheat and cockleburs instead of barley. The [controversial] words of Job [with his friends] are ended. American Standard Version (1901) Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Common English Bible may briars grow instead of wheat, poisonous weeds instead of barley. Job’s words are complete. Catholic Public Domain Version then, may thistles spring forth for me instead of grain, and thorns instead of barley. (This ended the words of Job.) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley. |
If I ever did that, then may my arm\par be pulled from its socket\par and fall from my shoulder!\par
You three men can’t say\par that you have found wisdom.\par God must answer Job’s arguments,\par not people.\par
I will make my vineyard {\cf2\super [47]} an empty field.\par No person will care for the plants.\par No person will work in the field.\par Weeds and thorns will grow there.\par I will command the clouds\par not to rain on the field.”\par
In this land, there are now fields that have 1,000 grapevines. Each grapevine is worth 1,000 pieces of silver. But these fields will become full of weeds and thorns.
Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon will sink. Babylon will rise no more. Babylon will sink because of the terrible things that I will make happen here.’”
So, as sure as I am alive, Moab and the people of Ammon will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah. {\cf2\super [17]} I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. And I promise those countries will be completely destroyed forever. Their land will be overgrown with weeds. Their land will be like the land covered with salt by the Dead Sea. The survivors of my people will take that land and all the things left in it.”
And I did not accept {\cf2\super [2]} Esau. I destroyed Esau’s hill-country. {\cf2\super [3]} Esau’s country was destroyed, and now only wild dogs {\cf2\super [4]} live there.”