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Job’s Final Appeal

Job 31:38

In 11 translations

BSB
if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
KJV
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;complain: Heb. weep
WEB
If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
ASV
If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;
LSV
If my land cries out against me, || And together its furrows weep,
YLT
If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,
DBY
If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;
DRC
If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
GNV
If my lande cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together,
JPS
If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;
LXXE
If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;

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Original-language editions

WLC
אִם־עָ֭לַי אַדְמָתִ֣י תִזְעָ֑ק וְ֝יַ֗חַד תְּלָמֶ֥יהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃
LXX-Br
Εἰ ἐπʼ ἐμοί ποτε ἡ γῆ ἐστέναξεν, εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ αὔλακες αὐτῆς ἔκλαυσαν ὁμοθυμαδόν·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Habakkuk 2:11For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
  • Job 20:27The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
  • James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Psalms 65:13The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

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