Job 31:39
if I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused the owners of it to lose their lives,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
38If my land cries out against me, and the furrows of it weep together;
40let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:13And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. And the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him forth o
Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.
Jeremiah 22:13Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not his hire,
Ezekiel 22:12In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood. Thou have taken interest and increase. And thou have greedily gained from thy neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says lord LORD.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:34-40
Job's Protestation of His Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: 34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as… Read the whole commentary →