King James Version
Job 31:40 in the King James Version says “Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. cockle: or, noisome weeds” — study this verse from Job chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. cockle: or, noisome weeds”
Job 31:40 · KJV
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; complain: Heb. weep
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: fruits: Heb. strength the owners: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. cockle: or, noisome weeds
KJV Study — Public Domain
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“grow”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“are ended”
H8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
“The words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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