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Job 31:39 — King James Version← Study notes

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:


Job 31:39Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 31:398 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
כֹּ֭חָ/הּkōḥāh
produce itsnounH3581
able · chameleon · force · fruits ···
אָכַ֣לְתִּיʾākalətiy
I have eatenverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
בְלִיbəliy
notparticleH1097
ig · for lack of · where no...is · so that no ···
כָ֑סֶףkāsep
moneynounH3701
price · silver
וְ/נֶ֖פֶשׁwənepeš
and the life ofconjH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
בְּעָלֶ֣י/הָbəʿāleyhā
owners itsnounH1167
archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···
הִפָּֽחְתִּיhipāḥətiy
I have caused to breathe outverbH5301
breath · give up · cause to lose · seething ···
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 31:39

—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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