King James Version

Job 31:38

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

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…עָ֭לַיalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אַדְמָתִ֣יadmaticountryאֲדָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “country”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.תִזְעָ֑קtizaqassembleזָעַקverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “assemble”, an unfinished actionH2199to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publiclyassemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.וְ֝יַ֗חַדveyachadand alikeיַחַדconjunction, adverb — “and alike”H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.תְּלָמֶ֥יהָtelameyhafurrowתֶּלֶםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “furrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8525a bank or terracefurrow, ridge.יִבְכָּיֽוּןyivkayunweepבָּכָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, paragogic nun — “weep”, an unfinished actionH1058to weep; generally to bemoan[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;

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American Standard Version (1901)

If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

Young’s Literal Translation

If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,

World English Bible

If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

Darby Translation

If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;

Douay-Rheims

If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ ἐπʼ ἐμοί ποτε ἡ γῆ ἐστέναξεν, εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ αὔλακες αὐτῆς ἔκλαυσαν ὁμοθυμαδόν·