Job 31:38
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
KJV
Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent :
Vulgate
εἰ ἐπ’ ἐμοί ποτε ἡ γῆ ἐστέναξεν, εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ αὔλακες αὐτῆς ἔκλαυσαν ὁμοθυμαδόν·
LXX
If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;
ASV
אִם עָ֭לַ/י אַדְמָתִ֣/י תִזְעָ֑ק וְ֝/יַ֗חַד תְּלָמֶ֥י/הָ יִבְכָּיֽוּ/ן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
יֵּ֥בְךְּ
ybk
verb · 115×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תִּזְעַ֖ק
tz'q
verb · 73×
תַּלְמֵ֥י
tlmy
noun · 5×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 24:15 — At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
- Gen 4:10 — And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
- Hab 2:11 — For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
- Hab 2:11 — For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
- Isa 5:7 — For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.