Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and stinkweed
The words of Job are concluded.
New American Standard Bible
And stinkweed instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
King James Version
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
International Standard Version
may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.
A Conservative Version
let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
American Standard Version
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Amplified
Let thorns grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed and cockleburs instead of barley.”
So the words of Job [with his friends] are finished.
Bible in Basic English
Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.
Darby Translation
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Julia Smith Translation
The thorn shall come forth, instead of wheat, and the weed instead of barley. The words of Job were completed
King James 2000
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Lexham Expanded Bible
let thorns grow in place of wheat and noxious weeds in place of barley." The words of Job are ended.
Modern King James verseion
let thorns come forth instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
then let thistles grow instead of my wheat, and thorns for my barley."
NET Bible
then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!" The words of Job are ended.
New Heart English Bible
let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
The Emphasized Bible
Instead of wheat, let there come forth bramble, and, instead of barley, a bad-smelling weed! Ended are the words of Job.
Webster
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
World English Bible
let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
Youngs Literal Translation
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
39
or shown contempt for its tenants,
and stinkweed
The words of Job are concluded.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 3:17-18
And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:
You will eat from it by means of painful labor
all the days of your life.
Psalm 72:20
Isaiah 7:23
every place where there were 1,000 vines,
worth 1,000 pieces of silver,
will become thorns and briers.
Zephaniah 2:9
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel—
Moab will be like Sodom
and the Ammonites like Gomorrah
a place overgrown with weeds,
a salt pit, and a perpetual wasteland.
The remnant of My people will plunder them;
the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.
Malachi 1:3
but I hated Esau.