New American Standard Bible 1995
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
6Let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity. 7If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted. 9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway, 10May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her.
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אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 31:8
- Job 5:5His harvest the hungry devour And take it to a place of thorns, And the schemer is eager for their wealth.
- Job 24:6They harvest their fodder in the field And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
- Leviticus 26:16I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.
- Deuteronomy 28:30You shall betroth a wife, but another man will violate her; you shall build a house, but you will not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not use its fruit.
- Judges 6:3For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.
- Micah 6:15You will sow but you will not reap. You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil; And the grapes, but you will not drink wine.
- Job 5:4His sons are far from safety, They are even oppressed in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
- Job 15:30He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
- Job 18:19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
- Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; In a 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
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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
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