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Selected Verse: Job 31:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 31:8 |
Strong Concordance |
Then let me sow [02232], and let another [0312] eat [0398]; yea, let my offspring [06631] be rooted out [08327]. |
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King James |
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Apodosis to Job 31:5, Job 31:7; the curses which he imprecates on himself, if he had done these things (Lev 26:16; Amo 9:14; Psa 128:2).
offspring--rather, "what I plant," my harvests. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Then let me sow, and let another eat - This is the imprecation which he invokes, in case he had been guilty in this respect. He consented to sow his fields, and let others enjoy the harvest. The expression used here is common in the Scriptures to denote insecurity of property or calamity in general; see Lev 26:16 : "And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it;" compare Deu 28:30; Amo 9:13-14.
Yea, let my offspring be rooted out - Or, rather, "Let what I plant be rooted up." So Umbreit, Noyes, Schultens, Rosenmuller, Herder, and Lee understand it. There is no evidence that he here alludes to his children, for the connection does not demand it, nor does the word used here require such an interpretation. The word צאצאים tse'ĕtsâ'iym - means properly shoots; that is, what springs out of anything - as the earth, or a tree - from יצא yâtsâ' - to go out, to go forth. It is applied to the productions of the earth in Isa 42:5; Isa 34:1, and to children or posterity, in Isa 22:24; Isa 61:9; Isa 65:23; Job 5:25; Job 21:8. Here it refers evidently to the productions of the earth; and the idea is, that if he had been guilty of dishonesty or fraud in his dealings, he wished that all that he had sowed should be rooted up. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Increase - All my plants, and fruits, and improvements. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Let me sow, and let another eat - Let me be plagued both in my circumstances and in my family.
My offspring be rooted out - It has already appeared probable that all Job's children were not destroyed in the fall of the house mentioned Job 1:18, Job 1:19. |
2 For thou shalt eat [0398] the labour [03018] of thine hands [03709]: happy [0835] shalt thou be, and it shall be well [02896] with thee.
14 And I will bring again [07725] the captivity [07622] of my people [05971] of Israel [03478], and they shall build [01129] the waste [08074] cities [05892], and inhabit [03427] them; and they shall plant [05193] vineyards [03754], and drink [08354] the wine [03196] thereof; they shall also make [06213] gardens [01593], and eat [0398] the fruit [06529] of them.
16 I also will do [06213] this unto you; I will even appoint [06485] over you terror [0928], consumption [07829], and the burning ague [06920], that shall consume [03615] the eyes [05869], and cause sorrow [01727] of heart [05315]: and ye shall sow [02232] your seed [02233] in vain [07385], for your enemies [0341] shall eat [0398] it.
7 If my step [0838] hath turned out [05186] of the way [01870], and mine heart [03820] walked [01980] after [0310] mine eyes [05869], and if any blot [03971] hath cleaved [01692] to mine hands [03709];
5 If I have walked [01980] with vanity [07723], or if my foot [07272] hath hasted [02363] to deceit [04820];
8 Their seed [02233] is established [03559] in their sight [06440] with them, and their offspring [06631] before their eyes [05869].
25 Thou shalt know [03045] also that thy seed [02233] shall be great [07227], and thine offspring [06631] as the grass [06212] of the earth [0776].
23 They shall not labour [03021] in vain [07385], nor bring forth [03205] for trouble [0928]; for they are the seed [02233] of the blessed [01288] of the LORD [03068], and their offspring [06631] with them.
9 And their seed [02233] shall be known [03045] among the Gentiles [01471], and their offspring [06631] among [08432] the people [05971]: all that see [07200] them shall acknowledge [05234] them, that they are the seed [02233] which the LORD [03068] hath blessed [01288].
24 And they shall hang [08518] upon him all the glory [03519] of his father's [01] house [01004], the offspring [06631] and the issue [06849], all vessels [03627] of small [06996] quantity, from the vessels [03627] of cups [0101], even to all the vessels [03627] of flagons [05035].
1 Come near [07126], ye nations [01471], to hear [08085]; and hearken [07181], ye people [03816]: let the earth [0776] hear [08085], and all that is therein [04393]; the world [08398], and all things that come forth [06631] of it.
5 Thus saith [0559] God [0410] the LORD [03068], he that created [01254] the heavens [08064], and stretched them out [05186]; he that spread forth [07554] the earth [0776], and that which cometh out [06631] of it; he that giveth [05414] breath [05397] unto the people [05971] upon it, and spirit [07307] to them that walk [01980] therein:
13 Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that the plowman [02790] shall overtake [05066] the reaper [07114], and the treader [01869] of grapes [06025] him that soweth [04900] seed [02233]; and the mountains [02022] shall drop [05197] sweet wine [06071], and all the hills [01389] shall melt [04127].
14 And I will bring again [07725] the captivity [07622] of my people [05971] of Israel [03478], and they shall build [01129] the waste [08074] cities [05892], and inhabit [03427] them; and they shall plant [05193] vineyards [03754], and drink [08354] the wine [03196] thereof; they shall also make [06213] gardens [01593], and eat [0398] the fruit [06529] of them.
30 Thou shalt betroth [0781] a wife [0802], and another [0312] man [0376] shall lie [07901] [07693] with her: thou shalt build [01129] an house [01004], and thou shalt not dwell [03427] therein: thou shalt plant [05193] a vineyard [03754], and shalt not gather the grapes [02490] thereof.
16 I also will do [06213] this unto you; I will even appoint [06485] over you terror [0928], consumption [07829], and the burning ague [06920], that shall consume [03615] the eyes [05869], and cause sorrow [01727] of heart [05315]: and ye shall sow [02232] your seed [02233] in vain [07385], for your enemies [0341] shall eat [0398] it.
19 And, behold, there came [0935] a great [01419] wind [07307] from [05676] the wilderness [04057], and smote [05060] the four [0702] corners [06438] of the house [01004], and it fell [05307] upon the young men [05288], and they are dead [04191]; and I only am escaped [04422] alone to tell [05046] thee.
18 While he was yet speaking [01696], there came [0935] also another, and said [0559], Thy sons [01121] and thy daughters [01323] were eating [0398] and drinking [08354] wine [03196] in their eldest [01060] brother's [0251] house [01004]: