Job 31:39
If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
38If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;
Cross References
1 Kings 21:13Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
Proverbs 1:19Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
Jeremiah 22:13Alas! for him who buildeth his house without righteousness, And his roof-chambers without justice,—Of his neighbour, taketh service for nought, And recompense for his work, giveth him not.
Ezekiel 22:12Bribes, have they accepted in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,-Interest and increase, hast thou accepted And thou hast overreached thy neighbour by oppression, And me, hast thou forgotten, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
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 →