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Job 31:38 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 31:38Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 31:387 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
עָ֭לַ/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אַדְמָתִ֣/יʾadəmātiy
land mynounH127
earth · ground · husband · land
תִזְעָ֑קtizəʿāq
it cried outverbH2199
call · cry · come with such a company · gather ···
וְ֝/יַ֗חַדwəyaḥad
and togetherconjH3162
at all · both · likewise · only ···
תְּלָמֶ֥י/הָtəlāmeyhā
furrows itsnounH8525
ridge
יִבְכָּיֽוּ/ןyibəkāywn
they wept !verbH1058
at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 31:38

—40. If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain: if I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof; let the thistle grow for me instead of wheat, and the thorn instead of barley. For what is it for the ‘land to cry,’ for ‘the furrows to weep,’ and to have ‘eaten one’s own fruits buying them?’ To whom is it necessary to buy what is his own? who has heard ‘the land crying?’ Who has seen ‘the…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 22 §51
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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