Job 31:8

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃

LXX-Br

σπείραιμι ἄρα καὶ ἄλλοι φάγοισαν, ἄῤῥιζος δὲ γενοίμην ἐπὶ γῆς.

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• Leviticus 26:16then 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 6:15You 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 28:38You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
• Job 24:6They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
• Judges 6:3–6Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them, encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land.…
• Deuteronomy 28:30–33You 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. Your ox will be slaughtered before…
• Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
• Job 15:30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
• Job 5:4–5His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender. The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
• Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
• Deuteronomy 28:51They 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…
• Job 18:19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

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