Job 31:39
if I have eaten its harvest without paying for it 1 or have caused its owners to lose their lives, 1
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38If my land ever cries out against me, 1 and its furrows weep together, 1
40then let thorns grow instead of wheat 1 and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are finished.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:13The two dishonest men came in and sat before Naboth; they testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed both God and the king.” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death.
Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of everyone who gains riches by injustice; 1 unjust gain takes away the lives of those who hold on to it. 1
Jeremiah 22:13Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, 1 who makes his neighbor work for him for nothing, and he does not give him his wages; 1
Ezekiel 22:12These men take bribes within you in order to pour out blood and you have taken interest and gained too much profit, and you have damaged your neighbors through oppression, and you have forgotten me—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
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 →