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Job 31:8
8then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.
Context of Job 31:8
6let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless— 7if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled, then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. 9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, 10then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her.
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אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:8
- Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
- Job 24:6They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
- Leviticus 26:16then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and sap your strength. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
- Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.
- Judges 6:3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.
- Micah 6:15You will plant but not harvest; you will press olives but not use the oil, you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.
- Job 5:4His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
- Job 15:30He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
- Job 18:19He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
- Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
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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