Job 31:39
If I have eaten the yield thereof without kesef (payment), 1 or have broken the nefesh of the tenants thereof, 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
38If my adamah cry against me, 1 or if the furrows had wept together, 1
40Let thistles grow instead of chittim (wheat), and weed instead of barley. The divrei Iyov are ended.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:13And there came in two anashim, bnei beliyaal, and sat opposite him; and the anashim of beliyaal witnessed against him, even against Navot, in the presence of the people, saying, Navot blasphemed Elohim vaMelech! Then they took him forth outside of the Ir, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy for betza (ill-gotten gain); 1 which taketh away the nefesh of the be'alim (owners) thereof. 1
Jeremiah 22:13Woe unto him that buildeth his bais but not by tzedek (righteousness), 1 and his aliyyot (upper chambers) but not by mishpat; 1 that useth his neighborʼs service without wages, 1 and giveth him no pay for his work; 1
Ezekiel 22:12In thee have they taken shochad (bribe) for shefach dahm; thou hast taken neshekh (usury) and tarbit (interest), and thou hast unjustly profited from thy neighbors by oshek (oppression, extortion), and hast forgotten Me, saith Adonoi Hashem.
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 →