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Commentary for Job 31:38

אִם־עָ֭לַי אַדְמָתִ֣י תִזְעָ֑ק וְ֝יַ֗חַד תְּלָמֶ֥יהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃

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

Rashi on Job

If my soil complains about me concerning the gleanings, the forgotten sheaves, and the end [of the field], as well as tithes, [claiming] that I did not extract tithes properly.
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Malbim on Job

Job’s lands, that once supported all his wealth and possessions, are now empty. The sheep, the camels, the oxen and the asses, together with their handlers and Job’s own children, are all gone. In his final desperate cry, Job calls on the land, his last refuge, to become barren too.
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Rashi on Job

and its furrows weep together that I plowed with an ox and with a donkey together.
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