job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

job 31:40 Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

40. thistles--or brambles, thorns.
cockle--literally, "noxious weeds."
The words . . . ended--that is, in the controversy with the friends. He spoke in the book afterwards, but not to them. At Job 31:37 would be the regular conclusion in strict art. But Job 31:38-40 are naturally added by one whose mind in agitation recurs to its sense of innocence, even after it has come to the usual stopping point; this takes away the appearance of rhetorical artifice. Hence the transposition by EICHORN of Job 31:38-40 to follow Job 31:25 is quite unwarranted.

job 31:40 Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

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