Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
let me sow, and let another eat, and let my crops be rooted out.
New American Standard Bible
And let my
King James Version
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
Holman Bible
and let my crops be uprooted.
International Standard Version
what I've planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted."
A Conservative Version
then let me sow, and let another eat, yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
American Standard Version
Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
Amplified
Then let me plant and [let] another eat [from the results of my labor],
And let my crops be uprooted and ruined.
Bible in Basic English
Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.
Darby Translation
Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.
Julia Smith Translation
I will sow and another shall eat; and my offspring shall be rooted up.
King James 2000
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
Modern King James verseion
then let me sow, and let another eat; and let my harvests be rooted out.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
then shall I sow, and another eat; yea, my generation and posterity shall be clean rooted out.
NET Bible
then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.
New Heart English Bible
then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
The Emphasized Bible
Let me sow but, another, eat. And let, what I have springing up, be uprooted!
Webster
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out.
World English Bible
then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let me sow -- and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
7 If my steps have turned aside from the way, and my heart has walked after my eyes, and my hand has clung to a spot, 8 let me sow, and let another eat, and let my crops be rooted out. 9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and at my neighbor's doorway I have lain in wait,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:16
I {in turn} will do this to you: then I will summon onto you horror, the wasting disease, and the fever that wastes eyes and that drains away life; and you shall sow your seed {in vain}, and your enemies shall eat it.
Micah 6:15
You yourself will sow, but you will not reap; you will tread olives, but you will not anoint yourself with oil; [you will tread] grapes, but you will not drink wine.
Deuteronomy 28:38
"You shall carry out much seed to the field, but you shall gather little [produce], for the locust shall devour it.
Deuteronomy 28:30-33
You shall become engaged to a woman, but another man shall sleep with her; you shall build a house, but you shall not live in it; a vineyard you shall plant, but you shall not enjoy it.
Deuteronomy 28:51
And it shall consume the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your ground {until you are destroyed}, [and] who will not leave for you [any] grain, wine, and olive oil, {calves of your herds}, and {lambs of} your flock {until it has destroyed you}.
Judges 6:3-6
And whenever Israel sowed seed, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of [the] east would come up against them.
Job 5:4-5
His children are far from deliverance, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer--
Job 15:30
"He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.
Job 18:19
[There is] no offspring for him nor a descendant among his people, and there is not a survivor in his abode.
Job 20:18
Returning [the] products of [his] toil, he will not swallow; according to the profit of his trade, {he will not enjoy},
Job 24:6
They reap their fodder in the field, and they glean [in the] vineyard of [the] wicked.
Psalm 109:13
Let his descendants be cut off. Let their name be blotted out in [the] next generation.