Job 31:8

What does Job 31:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 31:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.7If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

v.8This passage

v.9If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 15:30

    He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath ofGod’smouth shall he go away.

  • Job 18:19

    He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

  • Job 24:6

    They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

  • Deuteronomy 28:30

    Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  • Leviticus 26:16

    I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

  • Job 20:18

    That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

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