Let thistles grow. This is not an imprecation, but an argument in favor of his integrity: i.e. Had he been as his friends alleged, would he not have had bad instead of bountiful harvests? See translation below.
ended: so far as his friends were concerned. He had words for God (ch. Job 42:1).
Verse Job 31:40. _LET THISTLES GROW INSTEAD OF WHEAT_] What the word חוח _choach_ means, which we translate _thistles_, we cannot tell: but as חח _chach_ seems to mean _to hold, catch as a hook, to hi...
LET THISTLES GROW; - Genesis 3:18. Thistles are valueless; and Job is so confident of entire innocence in regard to this, that he says he would be willing, if he were guilty, to have his whole land ov...
CHAPTER 31 _ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_ 2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13) 3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24) 4. Let God and man disprove me ...
JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...
e. He lived openly and would not hesitate to have the Almighty publish his record. (Job 31:29-40) TEXT 31:29-40 29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself w...
_LET THISTLES GROW INSTEAD OF WHEAT, AND COCKLE INSTEAD OF BARLEY. THE WORDS OF JOB ARE ENDED._ Thistles - or brambles; thorns. COCKLE - literally, noxious weeds, perhaps wolfsbane, which is common...
JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and weak, charity, mod...
COCKLES] RM 'noisome weeds.' Job for the last time has maintained the integrity of his past life, and expressed his readiness to answer all charges of guilt brought against him. The third and final se...
Job finished his speech with words about the ground. He had often spoken about the soil at the end of previous speeches (Job 7:21; Job 10:21-22; Job 17:16; Job 21:33
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 31 JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...
תַּ֤חַת חִטָּ֨ה ׀ יֵ֥צֵא חֹ֗וחַ וְ תַֽחַת ־שׂ
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
THE CLEAN LIFE Job 31:1 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...
This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The (f) words of Job are ended. (f) That is, the talk which he had with his three friends....
Thorns. Protestants, "cockle." Marginal note, "loathsome weeds." (Haydock) --- The precise import of the word is not known; but it means something "stinking." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, Batos, "a briar....
(33) В¶ If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: (34) Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not ou...
REFLECTIONS READER! while we behold the man of Uz in this chapter justifying himself against the unjust charges of his friends, and making appeal to the LORD to plead his cause, let not you and I mist...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
LET THISTLES GROW INSTEAD OF WHEAT, AND COCKLE INSTEAD OF BARLEY,.... This is an imprecation of Job's, in which he wishes that if what he had said was not true, or if he was guilty of the crimes he de...
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Ver. 40. _Let thistles grow instead of wheat_] This was a piece of that first curse, Genesis 3:8, under w...
_If my land cry against me_ To wit, to God, for revenge, (as the like phrase signifies, Genesis 4:10; Habakkuk 2:11,) because I have gotten it from the right owners by fraud or violence, as my friends...
let thistles grow instead of wheat, briars, which would spoil the productiveness of the soil, AND COCKLE, noxious, stinking weeds, INSTEAD OF BARLEY. Thus boldly did Job assert his innocence of any sp...
Job's Appeal to be Heard...
Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
COCKLE: Or, noisome weeds...
33-40 Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. We are loth to confess our faults, willing to excuse them, and to lay the blame upon others. But he that thus covers his sins, shall not prosper...
To wit, in answer to his friends; for he speaks but little afterwards, and that is to God....
Job 31:40 thistles H2336 grow H3318 (H8799) wheat H2406 weeds H890 barley H8184 words H1697 Job H347 ended...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is willing to know the worst of himse...
Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin; but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...
_The words of Job are ended._ JOB’S FINAL POSITION Running like a golden thread through all this vehement and passionate language, we have seen a vein of thought which has given this half-rebellious...
_JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_ Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial reference to his _private...
EXPOSITION The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31. Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding, actua...
Genesis 3:17; Genesis 3:18; Isaiah 7:23; Malachi 1:3; Psalms 72:20;...