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Job 31:38 Cross-References
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“If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; complain: Heb. weep”
Job 31:38 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 31:38
If my land cry against me (אִם־עָלַי אַדְמָתִי תִזְעָק, 'im-'alay 'admati tiz'aq)—Job invokes the land itself as witness to his conduct. The verb za'aq (cry out) is the same used of Abel's blood crying from the ground (Genesis 4:10) and Israel crying under Egyptian bondage (Exodus 3:7). The land 'crying' against someone implies violent injustice that Creation itself protests. The furrows likewise thereof complain (וּתְלָמֶיהָ יַחַד יִבְכָּיוּן, ut'lameha yachad yivkayun)—telem means furrow or ridge; bakah means weep, showing agricultural land personified as witness to ethical behavior.This pro...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 31:38
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“and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it.”
“the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields”
“The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy”
“The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.”