Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley. 2 Kings 14:9 And Joas, king of Israel, sent again to Amasias, king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the forest, that are in Libanus, passed, and trod down the thistle. Genesis 3:17,18 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. . . . Isaiah 7:23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place where there were a thousand vines, at a thousand pieces of silver, shall become thorns and briers. Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, the dryness of thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert even for ever: the remnant of my people shall make a spoil of them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them. Malachi 1:3 But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert. cockle. Psalm 72:20 The praises of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. Context Job's Final Appeal…39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the son of the tillers thereof: 40Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley. Cross References Job 32:13 Lest you should say: We have found wisdom, God hath cast him down, not man. Isaiah 5:6 And I will make it desolate: it shall not be pruned, and it shall not be digged: but briers and thorns shall come up: and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it. Jeremiah 51:64 And thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and she shall not rise up from the affliction that I will bring upon her, and she shall be utterly destroyed. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. Lexicon then let briersח֗וֹחַ (ḥō·w·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2336: Briar, bramble, hook, ring, fetter grow יֵ֥צֵא (yê·ṣê) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim instead of תַּ֤חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of wheat חִטָּ֨ה ׀ (ḥiṭ·ṭāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2406: Wheat and stinkweed בָאְשָׁ֑ה (ḇā·’ə·šāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 890: Stink-weed, any other noxious, useless plant instead of וְתַֽחַת־ (wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of barley.” שְׂעֹרָ֥ה (śə·‘ō·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8184: Barley Thus conclude תַּ֝֗מּוּ (tam·mū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 8552: To be complete or finished the words דִּבְרֵ֥י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of Job. אִיּֽוֹב׃ (’î·yō·wḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 347: Job -- a patriarch Additional Translations then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking. Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended. Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished. Jump to Previous Barley Briars Briers Ended Evil-Smelling Finished Forth Foul Grain Grow Instead Job Noisome Plants Thistles Thorn Thorns Useless Weed Weeds Wheat WordsJump to Next Barley Briars Briers Ended Evil-Smelling Finished Forth Foul Grain Grow Instead Job Noisome Plants Thistles Thorn Thorns Useless Weed Weeds Wheat WordsExternal Links Job 31:40 NIVJob 31:40 NLT Job 31:40 ESV Job 31:40 NASB Job 31:40 ASV Job 31:40 Bible Apps Job 31:40 Biblia Paralela Job 31:40 Chinese Bible Job 31:40 French Bible Job 31:40 German Bible Alphabetical: and are barley briars briers come ended grow instead Job let of stinkweed The then up weeds wheat words OT Poetry: Job 31:40 Let briars grow instead of wheat (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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