Job 31:8

Job 31:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
• New International Version (NIV)then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me be rooted out.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.

Context of Job 31:8

6Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity. 7If my step has turned away from the way [of God], Or if my heart has [covetously] followed my eyes, Or if any spot [of guilt] has stained my hands, Then let me plant and [let] another eat [from the results of my labor], And let my crops be uprooted and ruined. 9“If my heart has been enticed and I was made a fool by a woman, Or if I have [covetously] lurked at my neighbor’s door [until his departure], 10Let my wife grind [meal, like a bond slave] for another [man], And let others kneel down over her.

Job 31:8 word by word

אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• let me sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• and let anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• yea, let my offspringצֶאֱצָאtse'ĕtsâ' · offspringH6631
• be rooted outשָׁרַשׁshârash · to uprootH8327

Cross-references for Job 31:8

• Job 5:5The hungry devour his harvest And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns; The trap opens for [his] wealth.
• Job 24:6They harvest their fodder in a field [that is not their own], And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
• Leviticus 26:16I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, consumption, and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to languish also. And you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat what you plant.
• Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged to marry a wife, but another man will be intimate with her [before you]; you will build a house, but you will not live in it; you will plant a vineyard, but you will not use its fruit.
• Judges 6:3For it was whenever Israel had sown [their seed] that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the people of the east and go up against them.
• Micah 6:15You shall sow but you shall not reap; You shall tread olives, but shall not anoint yourself with oil, And [you will extract juice from] the grapes, but you shall not drink the wine.
• Job 5:4His children are far from safety [and included in their father’s ruin], They are oppressed and crushed in the [court of justice in the city’s] gate, And there is no one to rescue them.
• Job 15:30He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster]; The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch, And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.
• Job 18:19He has no offspring or prosperity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
• Psalms 109:13Let his descendants be cut off, And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.

Commentaries on Job 31:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Let me sow, and let another eat - Let me be plagued both in my circumstances and in my family. My offspring be rooted out - It has already appeared probable that all Job's children were not destroyed in the fall of the house mentioned Job 1:18, Job 1:19.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Then let me sow, and let another eat - This is the imprecation which he invokes, in case he had been guilty in this respect. He consented to sow his fields, and let others enjoy the harvest. The expression used here is common in the Scriptures to denote insecurity of property or calamity in general; see Leviticus 26:16: “And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it;” compare Deuteronomy 28:30; Amos 9:13-14. Yea, let my offspring be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8If Job had lied in a business deal, it would violate the eighth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:19). If he lied in court, it would violate the ninth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:20). This sin would deserve judgment of fire (Revelation 21:8). If Job desired his neighbor's possessions, he would violate the tenth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:21). then may another eat: This was also speaking against himself (a curse).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Apodosis to Job 31:5, 7; the curses which he imprecates on himself, if he had done these things (Le 26:16; Am 9:14; Psa 128:2). offspring--rather, "what I plant," my harvests.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 31:8

• Integrity
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Bosom
• Instead
• Lift
• Root
• Charm
• Job, Book of
• Reaping

Commentaries on Job 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings