Job 31:38
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If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:

cry

Job 20:27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

Habakkuk 2:11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer.

James 5:4 Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

complain.

Psalm 65:13 The rams of the flock are clothed, and the vales shall abound with corn: they shall shout, yea they shall sing a hymn.

Context
Job's Final Appeal
37At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince. 38If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the son of the tillers thereof:…
Cross References
James 5:4
Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Job 24:2
Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.

Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

my land
אַדְמָתִ֣י (’aḏ·mā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land

cries out
תִזְעָ֑ק (ṯiz·‘āq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly

against me
עָ֭לַי (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and its furrows
תְּלָמֶ֥יהָ (tə·lā·me·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8525: A bank, terrace

weep
יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ (yiḇ·kā·yūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 1058: To weep, to bemoan

together,
וְ֝יַ֗חַד (wə·ya·ḥaḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3162: A unit, unitedly


Additional Translations
If my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;

If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;

If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;

If my land crieth against me, or its furrows likewise complain;

If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,
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