Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Let thistles grow in stead of wheat, and ‖cockle in stead of barley. The words of Iob are ended.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, noy-some weedes
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- Genesis 3:17–18Rank 1 from verse 40
17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
17And vnto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commaunded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake: in sorow shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.
18Thornes also and thistles shall it †bring forth to thee: and thou shalt eate the herbe of the field.
- Isaiah 7:23Rank 2 from verse 40
23And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
23And it shall come to passe in that day, that euery place shalbe, where there were a thousand Uines at a thousand siluerlings, it shall euen be for briers and thornes.
- Malachi 1:3Rank 3 from verse 40
- Psalms 72:20Rank 4 from verse 40
- Zephaniah 2:9Rank 5 from verse 40
9Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
9Therefore, as I liue, saith the LORD of hostes the God of Israel, surely Moab shalbe as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, euen the breeding of netles, and salt pits, and a perpetuall desolation, the residue of my people shall spoile them, and the remnant of my people shall possesse them.
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Job 31:40
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Prickly plants.
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To come forward; to advance.
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In the place or room of another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
A grain-bearing plant and its seed, commonly ground into flour for bread.
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A weed that grows among grain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of end, meaning to cease or bring to a close.
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39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
39If I haue †eaten the fruits thereof without money, or haue †caused the owners thereof to loose their life:
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
40Let thistles grow in stead of wheat, and ‖cockle in stead of barley. The words of Iob are ended.
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