Job 31:40

⁴⁰ then let briers come up instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

Job 31

Other Translations of Job 31:40

King James Version

⁴⁰ Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle cockle: or, noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

English Standard Version

⁴⁰ let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley."The words of Job are ended.

The Message

⁴⁰ Then curse it with thistles instead of wheat, curse it with weeds instead of barley." The words of Job to his three friends were finished. Elihu Speaks

New King James Version

⁴⁰ Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

New Living Translation

⁴⁰ then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley." Job's words are ended.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 31:40

Commentary on Job 31:33-40

(Read Job 31:33-40)

Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. We are loth to confess our faults, willing to excuse them, and to lay the blame upon others. But he that thus covers his sins, shall not prosper, 1 John 1:8. Let us all judge ourselves; wherein we are guilty, let us seek forgiveness in that blood which cleanseth from all sin; and may the Lord have mercy upon us, and write his laws in our hearts!