Job 31:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,”
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“if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:”
King James Version · Public Domain“If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 31:39 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
- 1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- 1 Kings 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
- Proverbs 1:19Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
- Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
- Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
- Ezekiel 22:6See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
- Ezekiel 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
- James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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