The Meaning of Job 31:40 Explained

Job 31:40

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

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

Darby: Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 31:40?

MEANING: What does Job 31:40 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 31:40 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 31:40?

What is the context of Job 31:40?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 31:40 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 31:1-40 - The Clean Life

Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God Himself there would be no iniquity discovered in him. He even goes so far as to invoke the most awful results if he has sinned against the seventh commandment. It is well for us if we are able with similar sincerity to appeal to the verdict of God and of our own heart. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to beget in us purity and separateness from sin, that we may walk with unsullied garments.

Job also protests the even-handedness of his dealings with his servants, alleging the principle which underlies the whole Christian teaching on the point, that we all have been made by the same Creator. He insists on his benevolence to the widow and the fatherless. He is careful to show that he had not failed in doing all the good that was within his reach. Alas, how few of us can say as much! How many such occasions cross our path every day, which we heedlessly let pass!

With this appeal Job goes into the presence of God, and asks for a reply. In the strong gospel light we are too deeply convicted of sin to dare to do this, and must rely upon the merits of Christ. In these alone can we approach the uncreated light. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 31

¹ Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties

What do the individual words in Job 31:40 mean?

Instead of wheat [Then] let grow thistles and instead of barley weeds are ended The words of Job -

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

תַּ֤חַת	Instead
Parse: Preposition Root: מִתְחָה Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
חִטָּ֨ה ׀	of wheat
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: חִטָּה Sense: wheat.
יֵ֥צֵא	[Then] let grow
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
ח֗וֹחַ	thistles
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חֹוחַ Sense: thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket.
וְתַֽחַת־	and instead
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition Root: מִתְחָה Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
שְׂעֹרָ֥ה	of barley
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: שְׂעֹרָה Sense: barley.
בָאְשָׁ֑ה	weeds
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: בָּאְשָׁה Sense: stinking things, stinking or noxious weeds, stinkweed.
תַּ֝֗מּוּ	are ended
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: תָּמַם Sense: to be complete, be finished, be at an end.
דִּבְרֵ֥י	The words
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
אִיּֽוֹב	of Job
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אִיּׄוב Sense: a patriarch, the subject of the book of Job.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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