Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the
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
even taking it out of the thorns.
The thirsty
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.
NET Bible
The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.
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
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 5:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Response Continues
4
His sons are far from saving health, and they shall be crushed in the gate, and there shall be no one to deliver them.
5
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a people which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt only be oppressed and crushed all the days.
Deuteronomy 28:51
and he shall eat the fruit of thy beast and the fruit of thy land until thou art destroyed, which also shall not leave thee either grain, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy cows or flocks of thy sheep until he has destroyed thee.
Judges 6:3-6
For when those of Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up and the Amalekites and the sons of the east. They would come up against them
Judges 6:11
And the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah that pertained unto Joash, the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
2 Chronicles 33:11
Therefore, the LORD brought upon them the princes of the host of the king of Assyria who took Manasseh and bound him with fetters of brass and carried him to Babylon.
Job 1:15
and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them away; they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell thee.
Job 1:17
While he was yet speaking, another came and said, The Chaldeans made three bands and fell upon the camels and have carried them away and have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell thee.
Job 2:3
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my slave Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God and has departed from evil and that he still retains his perfection, although thou didst incite me against him to destroy him without cause.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are at ease, and those that provoke God and those who carry gods in their hands live secure.
Job 18:8-10
For a net shall be cast at his feet, and he shall walk upon a network.
Job 20:15
He has swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.
Isaiah 62:8
The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no longer give thy wheat to be food for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured:
Jeremiah 51:34
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel, he has swallowed me up like a dragon; he has filled his belly with my delicates; he has cast me out.
Jeremiah 51:44
And I will visit Bel himself in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up; and the Gentiles shall not flow together any more unto him; and the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Lamentations 2:5
He The Lord was as an enemy, he has destroyed Israel; he has destroyed all her palaces; he has dissipated his strong holds and has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Lamentations 2:16
Pe All thine enemies opened their mouths regarding thee; they whistled and gnashed their teeth; they said, Swallow her up; certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found it, we have seen it.
Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; they shall have no harvest; the fruit shall yield no meal: if so be it yields, the strangers shall swallow it up.