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

6So he should judge me in a fair way. He should realize that I am not guilty. 7God seems to think that I have not lived in the right way. He may think that I have wanted bad things when they looked nice to me. Or perhaps I have done something else that was wrong. If am really guilty of these things, someone else should eat the crops that I have planted. They should destroy all the crops in my fields. 9I have not wanted to love any woman except my wife. I have not hidden outside my friend's house to wait for his wife to be alone. 10If I had done those things, my wife should prepare food for another man. It would be right for other men to have sex with 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 5:5Hungry people take their crops to eat. They even take them from among the weeds. Thirsty people take the fool's money for themselves.
• Job 24:6They find grain in the fields of other people. They pick grapes that remain in the vineyards of wicked people.
• Leviticus 26:16So God will send diseases to the people. They will be afraid. The people will have diseases in their eyes. They will get thin and they will die. They will plant their seed and their enemies will eat the fruit.
• Deuteronomy 28:30A woman will promise to marry you. But another man will take her and have sex with her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a garden, but you will never eat the fruit that grows in it.
• Judges 6:3When they planted seeds to grow food, their enemies would attack them. The Midianites, Amalekites and people from the east would come to rob them.
• Micah 6:15You will plant seeds, but you will not bring in the harvest. You will crush olives, but you will not use the olive oil for yourselves. You will crush grapes, but you will not drink the wine from them.
• Job 5:4Their children are never truly safe. The judge says that they are guilty, and nobody saves them from punishment.
• Job 15:30When it becomes dark, he will not be able to escape. He will be like a tree that fire has burned. God's breath will blow him away!
• Job 18:19He has no children or grandchildren. He has no family to live in his home.
• Psalms 109:13Remove all the descendants in his family. When his children die, may nobody remember his family any more!

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