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

6(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;) 7If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands; Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out. 9If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door, 10Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

Job 31:8 word by word

אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃Read the interlinear

• sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Job 31:8

• Job 5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
• Job 24:6They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
• Leviticus 26:16I also will do this unto you — I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and fever, which shall cause the eyes to fail, and the soul to waste away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
• Deuteronomy 28:30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eat of it.
• Judges 6:3And it came to pass when Israel sowed, that Midian came up, and Amalek, and the children of the east, and came up against them.
• Micah 6:15Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.
• Job 5:4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
• Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
• Job 18:19He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.
• Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following 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