Job 31:40

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle 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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Gen 3:17-18 : 17 And 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; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Ps 72:20 : 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended{H8795)}.
Isa 7:23 : 23 And 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.
Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore 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.
Mal 1:3 : 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

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