Job 31:8

Translations

Modern

…then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

Traditional

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

Literal

…then let me sow, and another may eat, and may my crops be uprooted!

Latin

…seram, et alius comedat, et progenies mea eradicetur.

Original

Hebrew

English

…then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

Notes

Job 31:5–8

If Job had lied in a business deal, it would violate the eighth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:19). If he lied in court, it would violate the ninth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:20). This sin would deserve judgment of fire (Revelation 21:8).
If Job desired his neighbor's possessions, he would violate the tenth commandment (Deuteronomy 5:21).
then may another eat: This was also speaking against himself (a curse).

Job 31:1–40

Job called down wrong against himself (curses) if he was guilty of the accusations against him. Apart from mentioning idolatry (worship of false gods), Job spoke about how loyal he was to God by focusing on the second half of the Ten Commandments (31:26–27). The summary of these is: “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9).

Job 29:1–31:40

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

Theme notes and profiles

Job’s Innocence

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Leviticus 26:16
…then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
Micah 6:15
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
Deuteronomy 28:38
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
Deuteronomy 28:51
They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
Job 24:6
They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
Psalm 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Job 20:18
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
Job 5:4–5
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
Judges 6:3–6
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
Job 15:30
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Job 18:19
He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
Deuteronomy 28:30–33
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

Glossary

Adultery Book of Job Curse, Cursed

Topics

Integrity: General Scriptures Concerning Temptation: Resistance To

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