Job 31:40

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

then let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּ֤חַת חִטָּ֨ה ׀ יֵ֥צֵא ח֗וֹחַ וְתַֽחַת־שְׂעֹרָ֥ה בָאְשָׁ֑ה תַּ֝֗מּוּ דִּבְרֵ֥י אִיּֽוֹב׃

Transliteration

Instead-of ḥiṭṭâ may-yēṣēʾ ḥôaḥ and-instead-of-śəʿōrâ bāʾšâ tammû diḇrê ʾiyyôḇ

Grammar Details

• *ḥiṭṭâ*: noun, feminine singular - wheat
• *yēṣēʾ*: verb, qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - let come forth
• *ḥôaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - thorn/thistle
• *śəʿōrâ*: noun, feminine singular - barley
• *bāʾšâ*: noun, feminine singular - stinkweed/wild herb
• *tammû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are finished
• *diḇrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - words of
• *ʾiyyôḇ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Job

Word Meanings

• *yēṣēʾ*: let come forth/may grow/let spring up
• *ḥôaḥ*: thorn/thistle/bramble
• *bāʾšâ*: stinkweed/noxious weeds/foul plants
• *tammû*: are finished/are completed/are ended
• *diḇrê*: words/speeches/statements

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of are ended.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Than, let thistles growe in steade of my wheate, & thornes for my barlye.Here ende the wordes of Iob.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let thistles growe in steade of wheate, and cockle in the stead of Barley. THE WORDES OF IOB ARE ENDED.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate, and cockle for my barlye.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.

• World English Bible (2000)

  let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!” The words of Job are ended.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:17-18 : 17 To Adam He said, 'Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, "You must not eat from it," cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.' 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
• Ps 72:20 : 20 The prayers of David, son of Jesse, are ended.
• Isa 7:23 : 23 On that day in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be only briers and thorns.
• Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore, as surely as I live—declares the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel—Moab will become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual ruin. The remnant of My people will plunder them, and the survivors of My nation will inherit their land.
• Mal 1:3 : 3 but Esau I have hated. I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and given his inheritance to the wild creatures of the desert.