Job’s Final Appeal

Job 31:39

In 11 translations

BSB: if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
KJV: If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:fruits: Heb. strengththe owners…: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out
WEB: if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
ASV: If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
LSV: If I consumed its strength without money, || And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
YLT: If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
DBY: If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:
DRC: If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:
GNV: If I haue eaten the fruites thereof without siluer: or if I haue grieued the soules of the masters thereof,
JPS: If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed —
LXXE: and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if too I grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking aught from him:

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: אִם־כֹּ֭חָהּ אָכַ֣לְתִּי בְלִי־כָ֑סֶף וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלֶ֣יהָ הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
LXX-Br: Εἰ δὲ καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς ἔφαγον μόνος ἄνευ τιμῆς, εἰ δὲ καὶ ψυχὴν κυρίου τῆς γῆς ἐκλαβὼν ἐλύπησα·

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1 Kings 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also…
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.
Genesis 4:12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
Ezekiel 22:12–13In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust…
Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
Proverbs 1:19Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
Ezekiel 22:6See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
1 Kings 21:13–16And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to…

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