Job 31:8
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
- KJV
- Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
- WEB
- then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
- ASV
- Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
- DARBY
- Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.
- BLB
- [then] let me sow, and another may eat, and may my crops be uprooted!
- ÅB
- gid da en annen må spise det jeg har sådd, og gid det jeg har plantet, må rykkes opp med rot!
- OTB
- La meg så og en annen fortære,
Og la min avling bli rykket opp. - B1930
- gid da en annen må ete det jeg har sådd, og gid det jeg har plantet, må rykkes op med rot!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 26:16
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Read in contextMicah 6:15
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Read in contextJudges 6:3–6
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Read in contextJob 18:19
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Read in contextJob 20:18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
Read in contextJob 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Read in contextJob 5:4–5
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
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