Job 31:8 · KJV
“{Then} let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.”
— Job 31:8
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or {if} I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
Job 31 — Context
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. {Let...: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice}
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8{Then} let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or {if} I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
10{Then} let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
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. {over: Heb. upon}
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. {gather...: Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat}
Job 18:19
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Job 24:6
They reap {every one} his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. {corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge} {they gather...: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage}
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.
Job 5:4-5
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither {is there} any to deliver {them}.