Job 31:8 “then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.”

Job 31:8

then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

World English Bible

then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

American Standard Version

Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let me sowe, and let another eate: yea, let my plantes be rooted out.

Darby Translation

Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.

Young's Literal Translation

Let me sow — and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.

Bible in Basic English

Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.

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Cross references

“let me”

Leviticus 26:16 Micah 6:15 Deuteronomy 28:38 Job 24:6 Deuteronomy 28:30–33 Deuteronomy 28:51

Leviticus 26:16 · BSB

then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

Micah 6:15 · BSB

You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.

Deuteronomy 28:38 · BSB

You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.

Job 24:6 · BSB

They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

Deuteronomy 28:30–33 · BSB

You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:51 · BSB

They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused…

“let my”

Job 15:30 Job 18:19 Psalm 109:13 Job 5:4

Job 15:30 · BSB

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Job 18:19 · BSB

He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

Psalm 109:13 · BSB

May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

Job 5:4 · BSB

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Also

Job 20:18

Job 20:18 · BSB

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

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