Job 31:38

If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

In Context

37The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.

39If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;

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Cross References

Psalms 65:13Clothed are the pastures with flocks, The valleys also, cover themselves with corn, They shout for joy, yea they sing.

James 5:4Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields—that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:

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 →

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