Job 31:40
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 31:40 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 31:40 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. cockle: or, noisome weeds" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 31:40 — KJV
“Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. cockle: or, noisome weeds”
— Job 31:40 (KJV)
Job 31:40 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 31:40
“Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:”
Shares key themes with Job 31:40: let, wheat, barley
“Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. fitches: or, spelt”
Shares key themes with Job 31:40: let, wheat, barley
“Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:40: let, grow, wheat
“Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:”
Shares key themes with Job 31:40: words, job, ended
“And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.”
Shares key themes with Job 31:40: let, words
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