Job 31:38
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 31:38 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 31:38 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; complain: Heb. weep" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 31:38 — KJV
“If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; complain: Heb. weep”
— Job 31:38 (KJV)
Job 31:38 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 31:38
“My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. his...: or, to the borders thereof, even to Zoar, as an heifer destruction: Heb. breaking”
Shares key themes with Job 31:38: cry, thereof, heb
“But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. the tree...: Heb. the stalk with his bread”
Shares key themes with Job 31:38: land, against, thereof
“Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. all that...: Heb. the fulness thereof”
Shares key themes with Job 31:38: land, cry, thereof
“And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:38: land, heb, weep
“And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. perish...: Heb. be not cut off”
Shares key themes with Job 31:38: land, against, heb
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