Job 31:38
if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
In Context
37I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—
39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
Cross References
Psalms 65:13The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.
James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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 →