Job 31:8
Then I may sow, and another eat; And what I plant, may it be rooted up!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
In Context
9If my heart hath been enticed by a woman, Or if I have watched at my neighbor's door,
Cross References
Job 5:4His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
Job 18:19He hath no son, nor kinsman among his people, Nor any survivor in his dwelling-place.
Job 24:6In the fields they reap the harvest, And gather the vintage of the oppressor.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:2-9
Job's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath… Read the whole commentary →