Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.

New American Standard Bible

His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.

King James Version

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Holman Bible

The hungry consume his harvest,
even taking it out of the thorns.
The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.

International Standard Version

Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.

A Conservative Version

whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.

American Standard Version

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

Amplified


“The hungry devour his harvest
And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns;
The trap opens for [his] wealth.

Bible in Basic English

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

Darby Translation

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

Julia Smith Translation

Which his harvest the hungry one will devour, and not from thorns shall they take it, and destruction gaped after their substance.

King James 2000

Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their wealth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

whose harvest [the] hungry eats, and he takes it {from behind} [the] thorns; and [the] thirsty pants after their wealth.

Modern King James verseion

Their harvest the hungry eats, and takes it even out of the thorns; and the snare swallows up their wealth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that his harvest was eaten up of the hungry; that the weaponed man had spoiled it, and that the thirsty had drunk up his riches.

New Heart English Bible

whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

The Emphasized Bible

Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

Webster

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

World English Bible

whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קציר 
Qatsiyr 
Usage: 54

the hungry
רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 19

eateth up
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

and taketh
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

it even out

unto, with, against, at, into, in, before, to, of, upon, by, toward, hath, for, on, beside, from, where, after, within
Usage: 0

of the thorns
צן 
Tsen 
Usage: 2

and the robber
צמּים 
Tsammiym 
Usage: 2

שׁאף 
Sha'aph 
Usage: 14

References

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Response Continues

4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them. 5 The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune. 6 For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,


Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:33

As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.

Deuteronomy 28:51

They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds, or lambs of your flocks until they have destroyed you.

Judges 6:3-6

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.

Judges 6:11

The Lord's angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash's son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.

Job 1:15

and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

Job 1:17

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

Job 2:3

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

Job 12:6

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.

Job 18:8-10

For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

Job 20:15

The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.

Isaiah 62:8

The Lord swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm: "I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce.

Jeremiah 51:34

"King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out."

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish the god Bel in Babylon. I will make him spit out what he has swallowed. The nations will not come streaming to him any longer. Indeed, the walls of Babylon will fall."

Lamentations 2:5

(He) The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament.

Lamentations 2:16

(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, "We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!"

Hosea 8:7

They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.

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