Job 31:38
Strong's Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

my land
אַדְמָתִ֣י (’aḏ·mā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: 1) ground, land 1a) ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance) 1b) piece of ground, a specific plot of land 1c) earth substance (for building or constructing) 1d) ground as earth's visible surface 1e) land, territory, country 1f) whole inhabited earth 1g) city in Naphtali

cries out
תִזְעָ֑ק (ṯiz·‘āq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2199: 1) to cry, cry out, call, call for help 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to call (to one's aid) 1a2) to cry, cry out (in need) 1b) (Niphal) to be assembled, be called together, be joined together 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to call, call out, call together, summon 1c2) to make a crying, proclaim 1c3) to have a proclamation made 1c4) to call out to, call out at

against me
עָ֭לַי (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

and its furrows
תְּלָמֶ֥יהָ (tə·lā·me·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8525: 1) furrow

weep
יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃ (yiḇ·kā·yūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 1058: 1) to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy) 1a2) to weep bitterly (with cognate acc.) 1a3) to weep upon (embrace and weep) 1a4) to bewail 1b) (Piel) participle 1b1) lamenting 1b2) bewailing

together,
וְ֝יַ֗חַד (wə·ya·ḥaḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3162: n m 1) union, unitedness adv 2) together, altogether, all together, alike

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Young's Literal Translation
If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If my land cries out against  me and its furrows join in weeping,

New American Standard Bible
"If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;

King James Bible
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,

New Living Translation
"If my land accuses me and all its furrows cry out together,

English Standard Version
“If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together,

New American Standard Bible
"If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If my land cries out against me and its furrows join in weeping,

International Standard Version
"If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one,

NET Bible
"If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,

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

English Revised Version
If my land cry 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,
















Cross References
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Job 24:2
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 31:37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

Job 31:36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

Job 31:35
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

Job 31:39
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

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

Job 32:1
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
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