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 · 2000Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let 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 · 1862Let me sow--and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Then let me sow and let another reap: and let my offspring be rooted out.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.
Context
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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