Job 31:8
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 31 connects to 10 cross-references. Job's oath of clearance catalogs the sins he has not committed: lust, falsehood, denial of justice to servants, indifference to the poor, trust in wealth, idolatry, vengeance, and inhospitality. This comprehensive self-examination and solemn oath constitutes his final challenge to …
Other Translations
Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
Let me sow--and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.
Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.
Cross References
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that …
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt …
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou …
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume …
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which …
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of …
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their …
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his …