Job 31:38

land cry... complain. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If my land cry against me - This is a new specification of an offence, and an imprecation of an appropriate punishment if he had been guilty of i...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

If my land (d) cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; (d) As though I had withheld their wages that laboured in it.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; If my land cry - The most careless reader may see that the introduction of...
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If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; Personification. The complaints of the unjustly ousted proprietors a...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Or that the furrows likewise thereof complain. — Rather, Or if the furrows thereof weep together — a strong impersonation to express the conseque...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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....
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(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 famili...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If my land cry against me ,.... Some think that this verse and Job 31:39 stand out of their place, and should rather follow after Job 31:34 ; a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; Ver. 38. If my land cry against me ] As unjustly gotten; where we have a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 f...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To wit, to God for revenge, as the like phrase is used, Genesis 4:10 Habakkuk 2:11 , because I have gotten it from the right owners by fraud or...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended declaration of the purity and uprig...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 charg...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If my land cry against me, if his field should cry out for vengeance against its owner, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain, weeping in i...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 2:11 ; James 5:4 ; Job 20:27 ; Psalms 65:13
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cry — Because I have gotten it by fraud or violence.

³⁸ If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;i

Related Commentaries of Job 31:38

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 31:38