Catholic Public Domain Version
"So, if my land cries out against me, and if its furrows weep with it, "
— Job 31:38, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;”
“If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together; ”
“If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;”
“Job’s Final Solemn Oath“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,”
“If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:”
“If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;”
“If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;”
then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,
which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown?
With each of my steps, I would pronounce and offer it, as if to a prince.
So, if my land cries out against me, and if its furrows weep with it,
if I have used its fruits for nothing but money and have afflicted the souls of its tillers,
then, may thistles spring forth for me instead of grain, and thorns instead of barley. (This ended the words of Job.)