Job 31:39
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Job 31:39 in other translations
| BSB | if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants, |
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| WEB | if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life, |
| ASV | If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: |
| YLT | If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out, |
| DARBY | If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners: |
| BBE | If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners; |
| Webster | If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life: |
What does Job 31:39 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 31:33-40
Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. We are loth to confess our faults, willing to excuse them, and to lay the blame upon others. But he that thus covers his sins, shall not prosper, Pr 28:13. He speaks of his courage in what is good, as an evidence of his sincerity in it. When men get estates unjustly, they are justly deprived of comfort from them; it was sown wheat, but shall come up thistles. What men…
Job 31:39 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 31:39
- 1 Kings 21:19
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
- James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
- 1 Kings 21:13-16
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
- Ezekiel 22:6
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
- Isaiah 26:21
For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
- Ezekiel 22:12-13
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
- Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
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Context
- Job 31:38
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
- Job 31:39
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
- Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Job 31:39 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si comí su sustancia sin dinero, ó afligí el alma de sus dueños; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si j’en ai mangé le revenu sans argent, et que j’aie tourmenté à mort l’âme de ses possesseurs, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | wenn ich seinen Ertrag ohne Zahlung verzehrt habe, und die Seele seiner Besitzer aushauchen ließ: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | si fructus ejus comedi absque pecunia, et animam agricolarum ejus afflixi: |