"Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended."
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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.