Job 31:8 KJV
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- DisappointmentSee the chain from Deuteronomy 28:39 · 11 links
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.
- Micah 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.
- Deuteronomy 28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
- Deuteronomy 28:30–33 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. …
- Deuteronomy 28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
- Judges 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; …
- Job 5:4–5 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. …
- Job 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.
- Job 18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
- Job 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.
- Job 24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
- Psalms 109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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Topics
- Integrity General scriptures concerning Integrity
- Job Complaints of, and replies by his three friends to
- Temptation Resistance to Temptation
Hebrew and Strong’s
- let me sow אֶזְרְעָה ʾezrĕʿâ זָרַע Verb · qal cohortative, first person common singular
- and let another וְאַחֵר wĕʾaḥēr אַחֵר Adjective · masculine singular · with and
- eat יֹאכֵל yōʾkēl אָכַל Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- yea, let my offspring וְצֶאֱצָאַי wĕṣeʾĕṣāʾay צֶאֱצָא Noun · masculine plural construct · with and, suffix: first person common singular
- be rooted out יְשֹׁרָשׁוּ yĕšōrāšû שָׁרַשׁ Verb · pual imperfect, third person masculine plural
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