Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
KJV
pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus, et pro hordeo spina. Finita sunt verba Job.
Vulgate
ἀντὶ πυροῦ ἄρα ἐξέλθοι μοι κνίδη, ἀντὶ δὲ κριθῆς βάτος·
LXX
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
ASV
תַּ֤חַת חִטָּ֨ה יֵ֥צֵא ח֗וֹחַ וְ/תַֽחַת שְׂעֹרָ֥ה בָאְשָׁ֑ה תַּ֝֗מּוּ דִּבְרֵ֥י אִיּֽוֹב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִיּ֗וֹב
'yvb
proper_noun · 58×
בָאְשָׁ֑ה
b'shh
noun · 1×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ו
v
noun · 505×
ח֜וֹחַ
chvch
noun · 10×
חִטִּ֔ים
chtym
noun · 28×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 62×
שְׂעֹרִ֖ים
sh'rym
noun · 34×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 3:18 — Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
- Jer 51:64 — And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
- Prov 24:31 — And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
- Ps 72:20 — The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.