Verse 40

Let thistles{H2336} grow{H3318}{(H8799)} instead of wheat{H2406}, and cockle{H890} instead of barley{H8184}. The words{H1697} of Job{H347} are ended{H8552}{(H8804)}.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:17-18 : 17 And unto Adam{H121} he said{H559}{(H8804)}, Because thou hast hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} unto the voice{H6963} of thy wife{H802}, and hast eaten{H398}{(H8799)} of the tree{H6086}, of which{H834} I commanded thee{H6680}{(H8765)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thou shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} of it: cursed{H779}{(H8803)} is the ground{H127} for thy sake; in sorrow{H6093} shalt thou eat{H398}{(H8799)} of it all{H3605} the days{H3117} of thy life{H2416}; 18 Thorns also{H6975} and thistles{H1863} shall it bring forth{H6779}{(H8686)} to thee; and thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8804)} the herb{H6212} of the field{H7704};
• Ps 72:20 : 20 The prayers{H8605} of David{H1732} the son{H1121} of Jesse{H3448} are ended{H3615}{H8795)}.
• Isa 7:23 : 23 And it shall come to pass in that day{H3117}, that every place{H4725} shall be, where there were a thousand{H505} vines{H1612} at a thousand{H505} silverlings{H3701}, it shall even be for briers{H8068} and thorns{H7898}.
• Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore as I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, Surely Moab{H4124} shall be as Sodom{H5467}, and the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} as Gomorrah{H6017}, even the breeding{H4476} of nettles{H2738}, and saltpits{H4379}{H4417}, and a perpetual{H5704}{H5769} desolation{H8077}: the residue{H7611} of my people{H5971} shall spoil{H962}{(H8799)} them, and the remnant{H3499} of my people{H1471} shall possess{H5157}{(H8799)} them.
• Mal 1:3 : 3 And I hated{H8130}{(H8804)} Esau{H6215}, and laid{H7760}{(H8799)} his mountains{H2022} and his heritage{H5159} waste{H8077} for the dragons{H8568} of the wilderness{H4057}.